Hi,
The 1.16.90 NEWS file states:
- test-suite.log now contains basic system information, and the
console message about bug reporting on failure has a bit more detail.
(bug#68746)
1) This system information is the naked output of some OS commands:
(uname -a | awk '{$$2=""; print}') 2>&1; \
if test -r /etc/os-release; then \
sed 8q /etc/os-release; \
elif test -r /etc/issue; then \
cat /etc/issue; \
fi; \
In my case:
Linux 5.15.0-107-generic #117-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 26 12:26:49 UTC 2024 x86_64
GNU/Linux
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/";
The problem with this is that
- It's not immediately clear to everyone what this information is.
- It can get in the way, for example when I want to search for "Linux"
among the test logs:
grep '^Linux' test-suite.log
I would therefore suggest to mark them in some way:
System information: Linux 5.15.0-107-generic #117-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 26
12:26:49 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Distribution:
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/";
2) The double-space is confusing. It rings a bell immediately.
Can you find a way to omit not only the machine name, but also the space
before it?
3) Btw, one does not need a subshell in order to run a pipe.
Replace
(uname -a | awk '{$$2=""; print}') 2>&1
with
{ uname -a | awk '{$$2=""; print}'; } 2>&1
Bruno
