From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 08:15:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B69106566C for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:15:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [202.89.146.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55018FC24 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B800E2856A; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:15:52 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:15:52 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Anselm Strauss Message-ID: <20080417081552.GB96568@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <44tzi36kgx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <5333CCB7-19A1-4EA3-BAAE-7771DAF19A53@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5333CCB7-19A1-4EA3-BAAE-7771DAF19A53@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:15:54 -0000 On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 08:20:00AM +0200, Anselm Strauss wrote: [...] > - Can I somehow determine the version of the base system without > running uname on the kernel (I could have a release base system but > run a stable kernel for example)? Sure, I could take the indirect way > over freebsd-update again, but is there some sort of version > information stored in the base system? Not really. Incidentally, running a userland out-of-sync with the kernel is asking for Bad-Things(tm) to happen. -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed