Bug#638878: linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64: Maybe report Debian kernel version with uname
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:27:10AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> tags 638878 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> Touko Korpela wrote:
> > Would it be possible to report Debian kernel version in uname
> > output? Maybe it can be added to "kernel version" string, uname -v
> > (now it's "#1 SMP Wed Aug 17 05:07:22 UTC 2011".
> > This information is present in /proc/version and could be in uname too.
>
> Exactly what information is it precisely that you wish included in
> 'uname' output? Because uname already includes the kernel version
> information.
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux example 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 02:24:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
It shows now only Debian package name (3.0.0-1-amd64 part), not version
(3.0.0-2).
>
> I don't yet know what information you want to access from
> /proc/version but since accessing specific information from
> /proc/version is intrinsically non-portable it seems bad to hack it
> into 'uname' making it more non-portable. And since it is trivial to
> read it from /proc/version directly there doesn't seem to be any need
> to hack this into 'uname'. Why not read it from /proc/version directly?
It's simpler if you don't need to find data from many places.
I think "uname -a" should tell version of kernel package used if that information
is available.
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