Re: Update 'uname' emulation on MS-Windows

[Andy Wingo]

On Sun 24 Jul 2016 16:32, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Does the uname MinGW patch introduce a regression in any case that we
>> care about?
>
> No.  On the contrary: where before Guile would only report correct OS
> version up to and including XP, it now reports correct values also for
> Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.  Versions beyond that require the
> manifest, and otherwise will be reported as 8.0.
>
> Also, the modern CPU types are now supported, including 64-bit ones,
> which were not reported at all before.
>
>> Is it a user-visible change?  If so an update to NEWS might be
>> needed.
>
> From my POV, this is a bugfix: APIs that were reporting inaccurate
> values now report more accurate ones.

Thanks for the info, and the patches of course :)

Andy