From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 19 18:00:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA13578 for current-outgoing; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA13557 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:00:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.4/8.7.3) id CAA05525; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 02:18:35 GMT Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 02:18:35 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199703200218.CAA05525@veda.is> To: krw@tcn.NET (Kenneth R. Westerback) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2R suggestion - replace banner's #0 with CTM level id Newsgroups: list.freebsd.current References: X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE (KERNELNAME) #0: ...timestamp... >Now in my (admittedly limited) experience the #0 seems to always stay the >same. It is incremented when you rebuild without nuking the compile directory. >Why not use that slot to display the source/CTM level in place when >the kernel is compiled? Would this not provide some potentially useful >information when people are asking questions? Tricky to specify accurately in a meaningful way. CTM is a distribution method with a serial number, CVS does things differently (checkout date, and branched serial numbers for each file). >Admittedly not fool proof >since they could manually change source files and not change the info in >/usr/src/.ctm_status, but something. Perhaps it would make sense to show the source baseline date and the build date, but there would still be no direct indication of divergence from the baseline. -- Adam David