[Bug 470550] [NEW] uname -p and uname -i reporting `unknown'

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Binary package hint: coreutils

got bitten by build scripts using these; apparently on other
distributions they report something else than `unknown'. these configure
scripts make wrong assumptions:

       -p, --processor
              print the processor type or "unknown"

       -i, --hardware-platform
              print the hardware platform or "unknown"

Nevertheless for less surprises it would be useful to set these values
to something else than "unknown".

** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Won't Fix

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uname -p and uname -i reporting `unknown'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/470550
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