[WBEL-users] proc/version

Michiel van Es info@pcintelligence.nl
Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:25:58 +0100 (CET)


John Morris said:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Mailing Lists wrote:
>
>> Not sure if this needs to be changed or not but when i cat
>> /proc/version  it still references RedHat
>>
>> Linux version 2.4.21-4.EL (buildsys@builder) (gcc version 3.2.3
>> 20030502  (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20)) #1 Sat Dec 13 19:47:38 CST 2003
>
> This string is embedded by GCC.  It does appear to be easily changable
> in gcc's spec file.  The important questions are:
>
> 1.  Will anything break if it is changed?
>
> 2.  Am I brave enough to tamper with something as vital as GCC?
>
> 3.  Is it something that RH might have a problem with?
>
> --
Yes Red Hat sent a letter to LinuxIso through their advocates to remove
their logo from their website .
Same problem with gcc is the SquirrelMail package which says:
Powered by Red ha Linux and SuirrelMail.

Michiel