[Nix-dev] Patching uname in stdenv?

[Michael Raskin]

>Hi all,
>
>What would people think of a patch that made stdenv's uname return the
>same value on every linux? I've only just had the idea and haven't had
>time to think through the possible downsides, but my initial thought is
>that most packages shouldn't need to know the kernel version, and that
>those that have a reason to (e.g. packages that provide kernel modules)
>should be dependent on the kernel passed to the nix expression, rather
>than whatever the kernel happens to be in memory at a given time. Or am I
>wrong? Is there a reason a build should depend on which version of the

I guess default uname should say version of kernel from kernelheaders 
used for glibc, and kernelPackages one should say the kernel version
of the passed kernel?