From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 17 19:05:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA07634 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07618 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:05:30 GMT (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA06143; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:35:04 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980418113504.U1090@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:35:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Karl Pielorz , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick Question re: Dmesg & Current Version References: <353802A2.CB67FCE7@tdx.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <353802A2.CB67FCE7@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:32:18AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 18 April 1998 at 2:32:18 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: > In the dmesg for my system I get: > > FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #5: Fri Apr 17 20:25:58 BST 1998 > > What does the '#5' refer to? It's the version number. Each time you build a kernel, the number is incremented. Look at the file /sys/compile/YOURKERNEL/version. > I'm just starting to get to grips with CVSup - is there anywhere it stores > the date & time that the source was last updated? - Rather than the last > build time? Somewhere, probably. When I used ctm, I modified /sys/conf/newvers.sh to include the ctm update number in the header, but I haven't found anything useful in the CVS database. Let me know if you do. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message