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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: freebsd-version(1) enchancement
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Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Would it make sense to also include the svnversion(1) of the
> > > system sources in the version output?
> > No.  It is not available in the most important use case for
> > freebsd-version(1), i.e. freebsd-update builds.
> I didn't express myself well enough I guess.

I understood you perfectly, but the svn revision number is not available
to the freebsd-update build, nor to users who build from a git checkout.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no