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Re: How to identify "running on a Hurd system"?



Narcis Garcia, on ven. 25 août 2017 13:38:31 +0200, wrote:
> 1. You are confirming GNU is an operating system, and Hurd is a GNU
> element: Hurd is not whole GNU.

Yes.

> 2. Words as "Hurd" or "Mach" are more specific terms than "GNU".

Yes.

> 3. GNU is not a kernel

Yes.

> $ uname -s
> Should not return "GNU"

It should.

POSIX says:

    -s  Write the name of the implementation of the operating system.

The operating system is GNU, so it says GNU.

Samuel


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