From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Dec 2 17:36:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA27932 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:36:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA27917 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:36:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA07028; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:36:20 -0800 (PST) To: Phil Gilley cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 uname(1) command In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Dec 1996 18:42:49 CST." Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:36:20 -0800 Message-ID: <7025.849576980@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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