Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:43 -0500 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why does freebsd-update and uname report different patch levels? Message-ID: <4302cc3472ba357bb308d0319270ef36.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <20171114181358.cb19a85d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4432633d41c0c5fcf575fdae0af60245.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20171114181358.cb19a85d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, November 14, 2017 12:13, Polytropon wrote:
> The patch level only reflects the updates to the kernel. If
> an update only contains changes to the userland (and the
> kernel stays untouched), its version won't be changed. As
> the "uname" command gets its information from the kernel,
> userland changes cannot be made visible that way. This is
> where the "freebsd-version" command is useful.
>
> See "man uname" and "man freebsd-version" for details.
>
>
Thank you.
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