Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 02:18:35 GMT From: Adam David <adam@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 Message-ID: <199703200218.CAA05525@veda.is> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970319190131.487B-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net>
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>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 <adam@veda.is>
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