>> isn't supported per se. But when [the software], or the makefiles, parse the >> string >> 3.12-1-amd64 >> they don't get the expected result. If the uname -r were the string >> 3.12.9-1 >> then parsing it would yield the expected result. >> ---END QUOTE FROM VENDOR--- >> >> Is the reported kernel-version string, "3.12-1-amd64", >> something that I could change by compiling a custom kernel? > > Might a shell script that output the expected string work?
An appropriately named shell script in the right place in the path might take care of uname(1), but I don't see how to take care of uname(2), the system call. When the vendor says that the software parses the string, I think that the software is calling uname(). So my question is whether there is a way by compiling a custom kernel for me to alter what the uname() system call reports. -- Thomas E. Vaughan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caao_ux-kfd6odmkp0fzzznwdbm1kljy+mykbknl9wfd6+qy...@mail.gmail.com