uname vs /etc/os-release

Wed Nov 14 19:58:24 UTC 2018

On 11/14/18 1:26 PM, James Hanley wrote:
> uname doesn't (appear to) do it now, but should it extract information
> from /etc/os-release for rendering?

That's extremely linux specific, and coreutils uname doesn't do it
either. What's the point? This is supposed to describe the operating
system you are using, not the vendor of your package manager.

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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