determine machine architecture programmatically

diff --git a/src/libpts/pts/pts.c b/src/libpts/pts/pts.c
index 46c4311..2b7a272 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libpts/pts/pts.c
+++ b/src/libpts/pts/pts.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <trousers/trousers.h>
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #define PTS_BUF_SIZE   4096
@@ -392,7 +393,8 @@ static char* extract_platform_info(void)
 {
        FILE *file;
        char buf[BUF_LEN], *pos, *value = NULL;
-       int i, len, value_len;
+       int i, len;
+       struct utsname uninfo;
 
        /* Linux/Unix distribution release info (from http://linuxmafia.com) */
        const char* releases[] = {
@@ -465,36 +467,24 @@ static char* extract_platform_info(void)
                                return NULL;
                         }
                }
-               value_len = pos - value;
-               value[value_len] = ' ';
                break;
        }
+
        if (!value)
        {
                DBG1(DBG_IMC, "no distribution release file found");
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       /* open a pipe stream for reading the output of the arch commmand */
-       file = popen("/usr/bin/arch 2> /dev/null" , "r");
-       if (!file)
-       {
-               DBG1(DBG_IMC, "popen failed for arch command");
-               return NULL;
-       }
-               
-       /* read the output the arch command */
-       len = BUF_LEN - (value - buf) - value_len - 2;
-       if (!fgets(value + value_len + 1, len, file))
+       if (uname(&uninfo) < 0)
        {
-               DBG1(DBG_IMC, "failed to read output of arch command");
-               pclose(file);
+               DBG1(DBG_IMC, "could not retrieve machine architecture");
                return NULL;
        }
-       pclose(file);
 
-       /* remove newline at the end */
-       value[strlen(value)-1] = '\0';
+       *pos++ = ' ';
+       len = sizeof(buf)-1 + (pos - buf);
+       strncpy(pos, uninfo.machine, len);
 
        DBG1(DBG_IMV, "platform is '%s'", value);
        return strdup(value);