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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:34:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: uname on Win2k
To: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin@yahoo.com>, Cygwin <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Cc: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com>
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--- Rick Rankin <rick_rankin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 'uname -a' gives
> 
> PC-FLTLG 1.1.0(0.17/3/2) 2000-02-28 00:50:29 i686 unknown
> 

This is the format that Cygwin uses.  And as you said value of uname -s is
blank because Cygwin doesn't yet recognize NT5 as a valid system.

You should find the code that emits the value for uname -s, change it, and
submit a patch.


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