Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:06:05 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> Cc: NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r289773 - in head: sbin/sysctl sys/kern sys/sys Message-ID: <20151023210604.GA12348@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpW6W%2BDu0kgmgUnbU1tyXOxZ54C7Op6wRX9=i9bhipH6qQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201510222303.t9MN37D2093845@repo.freebsd.org> <CAGHfRMCSjzC5FCk9cd8At=Q%2BDtQkXvYVsq3tfQ_aMPSVLZpqnQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAG6CVpW6W%2BDu0kgmgUnbU1tyXOxZ54C7Op6wRX9=i9bhipH6qQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 08:09:35AM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote: > What is __FreeBSD_version and why would it be bumped? __FreeBSD_version was introduced in the following commit: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/sys/param.h?r1=34924&r2=36260 where it has been ever since: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/sys/param.h?view=log This variable exists to tell the Ports Collection, among others, that "something has changed that may require you to patch and/or recompile." The historical values are documented in https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/versions.html#freebsd-versions-table Your mentor should have shown you this information. mcl
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