Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 08:37:50 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uname -r: release level Message-ID: <20140101083750.3a3f6c7c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0pst37XD7X7n3d8oSV4YdETNj-2hO6dmF1YdX=vCZzjq6jw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0pst37XD7X7n3d8oSV4YdETNj-2hO6dmF1YdX=vCZzjq6jw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 23:25:54 -0800, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hi, > > I just setup my freebsd machine and performed a "freebsd-update fetch > install" which leads me to believe I am now running 9.2-RELEASE-p2. > Of course I wanted to see for myself using "uname -r" which reports my > "release level". > > "uname -r" is reporting 9.2-RELEASE which is not quite what I was > expecting (I was expecting a p2 suffix). That's a very assumptive expectation. :-) > That doesn't interest me too > much, but this does: > > By what mechanism does "uname -r" determine my "release level"? The information is obtained from the running kernel. If an update (towards a higher patchlevel) did not involve a _kernel_ update, this particular information will NOT change. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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