uname problem on Mac OS X

[TjL]

I was having some problems getting programs to compile on my Mac, and  
tracked it down to the GNU uname program (which I then renamed  
'guname'  for the purposes of testing).

This is the version I have installed:

$ guname --version
uname (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by David MacKenzie.

Note the difference in -a and -p from the regular 'uname' program (/ 
usr/bin/uname):

 uname -a: Darwin MacBook.local 8.10.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1:  
Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386
guname -a: Darwin MacBook.local 8.10.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1:  
Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386 i386  
unknown MacBook1,1 Darwin

 uname -m: i386
guname -m: i386

 uname -n: MacBook.local
guname -n: MacBook.local

 uname -p: i386
guname -p: unknown

 uname -r: 8.10.1
guname -r: 8.10.1

 uname -s: Darwin
guname -s: Darwin

 uname -v: Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT  
2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386
guname -v: Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT  
2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386


Is there a way to have the GNU versions of these programs  
automatically prepend a 'g' (i.e. 'gls' instead of 'ls') when  
installed?  I've seen that done on some systems but wasn't sure if  
that was an automatic thing or not.  Of course you wouldn't want  
'ggzip' I guess!  In any case, thanks for the coreutils, I love them  
and always install them right away when setting up a new system.

Thanks!

TjL