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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:36:20 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Phil Gilley <pgilley@metronet.com>
Cc:        bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.6.1 uname(1) command 
Message-ID:  <7025.849576980@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Dec 1996 18:42:49 CST." <Pine.HPP.3.95.961202183418.16267A-100000@fohnix.metronet.com> 

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> At work today I did an ftp install directly from ftp.freebsd.org.
> After the install uname says:
> 
> FreeBSD mensa.dnaent.com 2.1.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 24 2
3:31:18  1996     jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
> 
> The reports I've seen from people who said their uname reports 2.1.6.1
> have also mentioned they sup'd the sources.  I think there's a problem
> with what's on the ftp site.  I'm wondering what else might be wrong.

I think there's simply something different about building from sources
than there is about loading the bindist kernel, though I can't imagine
what.  In any case, it's probably not worth getting too concerned
about at this stage since the problem would appear to be benign.

					Jordan


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