From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 25 02:20:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C24DA for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1371C1938 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-26-233.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.26.233]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC413E02B for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:20:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r3P2K9Us006533 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:20:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:20:09 +0200 From: Polytropon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update? Message-Id: <20130425042009.789b89bd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1366856036.26717.140661222428210.67B5DAA6@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <201304242307.r3ON7AEg039368@chilled.skew.org> <517889BF.3020205@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <1366856036.26717.140661222428210.67B5DAA6@webmail.messagingengine.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:20:07 -0000 On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:13:56 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: > The point is that the uname and sysctl output is inaccurate. If the > latest release is -p6 and the kernel hasn't been touched since -p4, both > uname and the sysctl only show -p4. It's impossible to tell otherwise > that the system is really -p6 if you don't have /usr/src/. The "src" component can be updated using the appropriate entry in /etc/freebsd-update.conf so the information is there, no matter if the kernel has been touched or not. In my opinion, it could be helpful to have a somehow more precise information about what version of the OS is currently installed. I suggest having a text file in /etc that contains the currently installed version, maybe also a SVN revision number and a date. Updating via freebsd-update should not be that complicated. Also by updating from source (e. g. when following -STABLE where no X.Y-pZ version information is provided) this file could be installed properly. By checking this file the user could quickly retrieve the required information in a quickly understandable form. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...