FS#42149 - linux-grsec: change `uname -r` so it's clear it's Arch Linux machine

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Damian Nowak (Nowaker) - Sunday, 28 September 2014, 00:32 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Monday, 29 September 2014, 22:11 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I encountered some problem while using serverspec to test my servers. Serverspec wasn't able to autodetect the distribution on one of my Arch Linux servers. It turned it it's because of linux-grsec presenting non-Arch Linux `uname -r`. Sure, `3.16.3-1-ARCH` should never be presented with grsec kernel, but how about `3.16.3-1-ARCH-grsec`? This lets any software detect Arch Linux, without confusing vanilla Arch kernel with grsec kernel.
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Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Monday, 29 September 2014, 22:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Damian Nowak (Nowaker) - Sunday, 28 September 2014, 00:33 GMT
s/It turned it it's/It turned out it's/
Comment by Damian Nowak (Nowaker) - Sunday, 28 September 2014, 02:30 GMT
Oh, I meant "how about 3.16.3.201409180901-1-ARCH-grsec", not "3.16.3-1-ARCH-grsec", obviously. :-)
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Monday, 29 September 2014, 22:11 GMT
The linux-lts package uses $pkgver-$pkgrel-lts rather than $pkgver-$pkgver-ARCH-lts. Detecting Arch Linux should be done with the standard /etc/os-release file. I'm not interested in making the version even longer in order to cope with broken software.

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