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-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/uname.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 58084139c..6f62f6dbc 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -15605,8 +15605,8 @@ and the hardware platform name if they are unknown. @cindex platform, hardware Print the hardware platform name (sometimes called the hardware implementation). -Print @samp{unknown} if the kernel does not make this information -easily available, as is the case with Linux kernels. +Print @samp{unknown} if this information is not available. +Note this is non-portable (even across GNU/Linux distributions). @item -m @itemx --machine @@ -15634,8 +15634,8 @@ Print the network node hostname. @cindex host processor type Print the processor type (sometimes called the instruction set architecture or ISA). -Print @samp{unknown} if the kernel does not make this information -easily available, as is the case with Linux kernels. +Print @samp{unknown} if this information is not available. +Note this is non-portable (even across GNU/Linux distributions). @item -o @itemx --operating-system diff --git a/src/uname.c b/src/uname.c index 39bd28c74..af83a5461 100644 --- a/src/uname.c +++ b/src/uname.c @@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.\n\ fputs (_("\ -v, --kernel-version print the kernel version\n\ -m, --machine print the machine hardware name\n\ - -p, --processor print the processor type or \"unknown\"\n\ - -i, --hardware-platform print the hardware platform or \"unknown\"\n\ + -p, --processor print the processor type (non-portable)\n\ + -i, --hardware-platform print the hardware platform (non-portable)\n\ -o, --operating-system print the operating system\n\ "), stdout); } |