uname output

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Hello,

I am trying to diagnose a problem / learn more. The issue that I am having
is with coreutils and the uname output.

Here is an extract of the problem

On Version A

root@sysid:~/build# /bin/uname -a
Linux poopey 2.6.10 #7 SMP Mon Dec 27 19:11:19 GMT 2004 i686 unknown
unknown GNU/Linux
root@sysid:~/build# /bin/uname --version
uname (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by David MacKenzie.

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
root@sysid:~/build#


As you can see on that version the processor and platform (-i and -p) show
unknown as the response.

However when I download the standard redhat rpm (rather than the version I
compiled from source) I get the following.

root@sysid:~/build# ./uname -a
Linux poopey 2.6.10 #7 SMP Mon Dec 27 19:11:19 GMT 2004 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
root@sysid:~/build# ./uname --version
uname (coreutils) 4.5.3
Written by David MacKenzie.

Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

As you can see from the second output I am gettin the -i and -p options
printed. The only difference I can see initially is the version one is a
redhat compiled binary and one is the source downloaded from the web.

I am trying to work out why this is the case and how I can work to resolve
the problem.

Any further information would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

James