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Date:      18 Apr 1998 13:38:22 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Quick Question re: Dmesg & Current Version
Message-ID:  <xzp67k7iclt.fsf@bilskirnir.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:35:04 %2B0930"
References:  <353802A2.CB67FCE7@tdx.co.uk> <19980418113504.U1090@freebie.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes:
> 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.

It is also reset to zero every time you run config, because
/sys/compile/YOURKERNEL/version is deleted. I'm not sure if that's a
bug or a feature... Maybe we could put (the|a) version number in
/etc/YOURKERNEL.version so it is kept across config runs.

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