[PATCH] docs: $arch does not map 1:1 to uname(2) arch. BZ 1003554

Zdenek Pavlas zpavlas at redhat.com
Tue Sep 3 08:52:01 UTC 2013


> Unable to access the referenced bug, but:

Basically ppl complain that $arch != os.uname()[4], although
it's clearly documented to be the same.. For x86_64 arches
$arch == amd64 or ia32e, depending on the vendor.

> > -This will be replaced with your architecture as listed by os.uname()[4] in
> > -Python.
> > +This will be replaced with your architecture, as detected using
> > +the uname() syscall and /proc/cpuinfo parsing.
> 
> IMHO it might not be the best idea to document implementation details
> at this level in the man page. It's subject to bitrot which is proven
> by the above patch...

Hmm, so just kill the uname() note then?


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