[arch-general] uname26 - Where is it?

Norbert Zeh nzeh at cs.dal.ca
Tue Nov 22 15:04:32 EST 2011


Thomas Bächler [2011.11.22 2045 +0100]:
> Am 22.11.2011 20:17, schrieb Karol Babioch:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Am 22.11.2011 19:24, schrieb Thomas Bächler:
> >> $ setarch $(arch) --uname-2.6 uname -a
> >> Linux evey 2.6.41-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 11 22:28:29 CET 2011
> >> x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> > 
> > So this seems to mean that setarch makes uname26 quite useless. I
> > haven't realized that, so I'm sorry for my request in the first place.
> > 
> > Thanks for the fast replay anyway.
> 
> 'setarch' also makes 'linux32' useless, yet it exists. Anyway, 'setarch'
> can do it all.

Actually, I just checked: linux32 *is* setarch, at least now:

$ ls -l /usr/bin/linux32 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 20 07:55 /usr/bin/linux32 -> setarch

Cheers,
Norbert


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