Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:43:28 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin" <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: kernel #4 Message-ID: <ade45ae90902281143u474179b9l9868840d35133c1f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49A95459.7090708@ibctech.ca> References: <op.up2fhi1nflcvyi@da1-desktop-x64> <49A95459.7090708@ibctech.ca>
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote: > Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin wrote: > > > > Hello guyz, > > > > Here's a short question (was unable to find a google) > > > > uname states my kernes as being: Freebsd-7.1-STABLE #4 > > > > What exactly is that "#4" mean ? > > > > Recompiled it 20 min. ago, so I figure it has something to do with > > maybe, I don't know, some sub-version of the sources ? > > No. It means that this is the fourth time that you've recompiled the > kernel (IIRC). > > You will see #5 if you do another recompile. > > Steve > Actually this is the 5th time --- computers start counting at zero. #0 first time #1 second time #2 third time #3 fourth time #4 fifth time.... and on... To reset this, you have to remove the build directory for the kernel and re-config, recompile. This number has NOTHING to do with the state of the sources, it just keeps track of how many times the kernel has been built from the same build directory.
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