[Nix-dev] Patching uname in stdenv?

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:16:12AM +0400, Michael Raskin wrote:
> >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?

I'd like a list of the problems this would solve.

Regards,
Lluís.