Re: 2.1.120 - too many errors on the network interfaces

David Holland (dholland@cs.toronto.edu)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:41:23 -0400

> > Explicit versions on proc files don't tell you anything that you
> > can't get from uname().
>
> How can a utility know what kernel versions in the future are going
> to break the format?

Well, true.

Robust parsers are the right way to go in any case...

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