[lsb-discuss] Re: New uname option to query exact OS distribution

[Paul Jarc]

Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> $ uname -d
> SuSE Linux Professional 9.1 (DVD 32-bit)
> $ uname -dv
> SuSE
> $ uname -dp
> Linux Professional
> $ uname -dr
> 9.1
> $ uname -da
> DVD 32-bit

Should the meaning of -v/-p/-r/-a depend on the presence of -d, or
should these get new option names (maybe -V/-P/-R/-A)?


paul