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From: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Version nomenclature [was RELENG_7 to 8]
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In message <d2e731a10908142248o6ee77e1ie89a62f3c0937324@mail.gmail.com>,
	grarpamp (grarpamp@gmail.com) wrote:
[...]
> 
> uname: '7.2-STABLE #0 <date of compile>' isn't quite the same solid
> reference as RELENG_7 as of yesterdays code. Which is what it is,
> not the zero-eth 7.2 errata/security/stability commit.

If you use SVN the revision number is included in the output of uname -a
and uname -v.


Cheers,
       Nick.
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