different output between uutils and GNU in uname

[cristianherrera26]

[cris@arch ~]$ uname --version
uname (GNU coreutils) 9.11
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David MacKenzie.
[cris@arch ~]$ uu-uname --version
uname (uutils coreutils) 0.8.0
[cris@arch ~]$ uname -api
Linux arch 7.0.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 17 May 2026 17:23:07 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[cris@arch ~]$ uu-uname -api
Linux arch 7.0.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 17 May 2026 17:23:07 +0000 x86_64 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
[cris@arch ~]$

[oech3]

Maybe, uutils shows non-portable options -p/-i too?

(By the way, Ubuntu's GNU coreutils has invalid downstream patch for -p/-i to avoid unknown. So out uname -p does not have a difference between original GNU coreutils.)