On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: >> It is GNU/Linux. Should this be tried with Ubuntu, Suse, Gentoo, ..., >> etc? > > Let's see: > > rpm -qf `which uname` > coreutils-6.10-27.fc9.x86_64 > > and of course rpmq -i coreutils: >> >> Name : coreutils Relocations: (not relocatable) >> Version : 6.10 Vendor: Fedora Project >> Release : 27.fc9 Build Date: Fri 04 Jul 2008 >> 12:37:00 PM EDT >> Install Date: Wed 09 Jul 2008 02:15:25 PM EDT Build Host: x86-5 >> Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: >> coreutils-6.10-27.fc9.src.rpm >> Size : 11290040 License: GPLv3+ >> Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 08 Jul 2008 11:23:50 AM EDT, Key ID >> b44269d04f2a6fd2 >> Packager : Fedora Project >> URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ >> Summary : The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in >> shell scripts >> Description : >> These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of >> the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. > > So, you want to use a GNU utility to "prove" that the OS is GNU/Linux? > Sounds rather like GNU made an assertion and is using that assertion as a > proof. It is no different than my running a program provided as part of OSF1 and believing it when it tells me that the operating system is OSF1. > BTW, I wouldn't have expected a package of GNU utilities to say anything > else. Not exactly my point. Fedora chooses to release an operating system that asserts itself to be GNU/Linux. I think people who want to assert that it isn't GNU/Linux are the ones who need to provide proof of that claim. John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
