From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 14 17:21:47 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51452DD848C for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:21:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DE3866E13 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:21:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5D962421; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:45 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TI40VV8ql8OL; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3270962365; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:43 -0500 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> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:21:43 -0500 Subject: Re: why does freebsd-update and uname report different patch levels? From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Polytropon" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:21:47 -0000 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. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3