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Author: <csmall@debian.org>
Description: Rework version parsing so its ok with other OSes
--- a/proc/version.c
+++ b/proc/version.c
@@ -28,20 +28,26 @@
 int linux_version_code;
 
 void init_Linux_version(void) {
-    static struct utsname uts;
     int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;	/* cleared in case sscanf() < 3 */
+    FILE *fp;
+    char buf[256];
     int version_string_depth;
     
-    if (uname(&uts) == -1)	/* failure implies impending death */
-	exit(1);
-
-    version_string_depth = sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z);
+    if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) /* failure implies impending death */
+      exit(1);
+    if (fgets(buf, 256, fp) == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read kernel version from /proc/version\n");
+      fclose(fp);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+    version_string_depth = sscanf(buf, "Linux version %d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z);
 	
     if ((version_string_depth < 2) ||		 /* Non-standard for all known kernels */
        ((version_string_depth < 3) && (x < 3))) /* Non-standard for 2.x.x kernels */
 	fprintf(stderr,		/* *very* unlikely to happen by accident */
 		"Non-standard uts for running kernel:\n"
-		"release %s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
-		uts.release, x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
+		"%s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
+		buf, x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
     linux_version_code = LINUX_VERSION(x, y, z);
 }