Re: Reducing uname footer string on FreeBSD

[Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>]

>> The attached patch clamps the string after the dash, iff uname reports
>> we are running on FreeBSD. I don't think such special casing should be
>> applied in the general source tree, but wanted to put it up for
>> discussion anyway.
> 
> Actually, i wouldn't even object to this particular patch going in
> in case that's easier for you.  After all,
> 
>  - post_os() is typically called once per input file;
>  - this is the central place where OS names are handled,
>    so having differences here is not that surprising;
>  - your patch is not expensive:  linear in the length
>    of the string "FreeBSD" on FreeBSD, one return-at-once
>    function call everywhere else.
> 
> So, even if all the four major free BSD implementations would
> need something like this in post_os(), it would still seem
> reasonable to me.

Ulrich and Ingo, I have no objection to this being merged so long as you 
(Ulrich) can guarantee that this behaviour is general, i.e., that this 
will not cause badness in any sort of FreeBSD configuration.

Thanks,

Kristaps
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