Bug 588430

Summary: Target cpu appended to kernel release changes expected output from 'uname -r'
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Phil Perry <phil>
Component: kernelAssignee: Prarit Bhargava <prarit>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
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Version: 6.0CC: ajb, amyagi, borgan, gerald, gholms, jcm, pbatkowski, pfrields, rvokal, stephan.wiesand
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Description Phil Perry 2010-05-03 17:44:58 UTC 
Description of problem:
Due to target cpu being appended to the kernel release, the expected output from 'uname -r' now has the target cpu appended.

This has the potential to break any scripts etc using the output from 'uname -r'.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.32-19.el6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. uname -r
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Actual results:

$ uname -r
2.6.32-19.el6.i686

Expected results:

$ uname -r
2.6.32-19.el6

Additional info:

See here for a discussion on the RHEL6beta mailing list:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/rhelv6-beta-list/2010-April/msg00162.html

See here for where this "feature" was introduced:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197065
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-05-03 19:08:31 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-15 14:39:54 UTC 
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. It has
been denied for the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **
Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2011-10-07 15:01:32 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.2 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 8 Prarit Bhargava 2015-03-23 14:08:05 UTC 
We've gone almost the entire release cycle with no customers complaining, so I'm closing this as WONTFIX.

P.