>>> 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? > > Or sed? > Or export? > Or, um, more information about what Debian release is being used and the > "third-party" software. :)
If the compiled program calls the uname() system call, then script-related fixes won't work. I don't have the source to the compiled program. I'm running Debian testing (jessie). > Kind regards And kind regards to you for replying so promptly to my plea for help! What I'm wondering is whether I can get uname to return the desired format by somehow compiling a custom kernel. If so, then any help doing that properly would be appreciated. -- 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_ux8P23JyZr3NyL_qR3K=0nzkeybr4vso9xsnj6+z_k-...@mail.gmail.com