Re: How to identify "running on a Hurd system"?
El 26/08/17 a les 10:19, Samuel Thibault ha escrit:
> Budi Rahardjo, on sam. 26 août 2017 12:19:57 +0700, wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Narcis Garcia <[1]informatica@actiu.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> $ uname -s
>> Should not return "GNU"
>>
>> ...
>>
>> +1 from me :)
>>
>> $ uname -s
>> GNU/Hurd
>>
>> would be a better choice. for me, at least.
>
> As Richard reminded, it has been "GNU" for so long, that so many program
> depend on that value now, so it's not to change, it's not a question of
> taste.
>
> And really, GNU/Hurd *is* the GNU system, there's nothing to be more
> precise. Think of it as "GNU/Foo" is a hybrid system, mixing GNU with
> other non-GNU OS. GNU/Hurd is not a mix.
>
> Samuel
>
Autenticity and reality are two different concepts.
Should be GIMP named "GNU" because of not being an hybrid? Bash too?
GNU arrogance does not help at all to go forward.
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