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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

I have MAN and gcc on Ubuntu(11.04) But then again it was a (upgrade build) I could see the reasoning why not to include apache and web server stuff. We think it odd but we are developers. Why would any end user require Apache. It a Desktop to them 



From: "Mike Kenzie" <ba600 [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> 
To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca 
Sent: Friday, May 6, 2011 4:18:37 PM 
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system? 

On Friday 06 May 2011 14:53:32 Rick wrote: 
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Bart Trojanowski <bart [ at ] jukie [ dot ] ca> wrote: 
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 18:24, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] net> 
wrote: 
> >> Not quite what you intended, but how about: 
> >> file $(which uname) 
> > 
> > I often do exactly this with '/bin/ls' to test the OS bitness. 
> > 
> > Another alternative is to use gcc -dumpmachine ... which is available on 
> > all systems that matter :-) 
> 
> Yeah, what's with Ubuntu, installing without apache, a compiler or man 
> pages. 
> 

Don't forget the bogus vi 


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