From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 19:43:29 2009 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 AF4A6106566C for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:43:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323908FC0A for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:43:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 2so1046951ywt.13 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:43:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=oWiyI7CMKdjtse2P/nPBsWVD/ylllzB9x1kE1HyxA9k=; b=XWNe7GXqCVSOiRxvu1cx36pEC3XIOc1sNhS+asOjOTwx+FXkIPp7TQ9dLuQxo/I6Ev Dl+xnIEgmX2pdg1GifcrkCOs0SqKcI5+f9USK1qYsDkG3FqzvWdnKpfCR94E02gXKnAE yrR6F3Wy8pBvBtkpIpkFdYbBKD5L6Q9eZwhuk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=KeuhTAWIsfJyhBPBO5CAve9RDBOE2PEWzUtBedWyKhosh1ebD7KsOkGG2lWN/JxTIp yvQ/iDNDNlzYhMITz+SAjEuiZDkVD+fZBj+dG5+rn/zNyzRmcEkgU6Urgc7JQtd6T697 QVsKAQrtZSiz634WFVYjVTSf89S29lyzVnb4w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.10.194 with SMTP id q2mr2804500ibq.0.1235850208276; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:43:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A95459.7090708@ibctech.ca> References: <49A95459.7090708@ibctech.ca> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:43:28 -0700 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Steve Bertrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin" Subject: Re: kernel #4 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: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:43:29 -0000 On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steve Bertrand 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.