From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 20:02:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B240216A415 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:02:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D5D713C457 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:02:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0FK2oZZ023030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:02:51 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0FK2oPr006138 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:02:50 -0800 Message-ID: <45ABDDEA.5010308@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:02:50 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45ABC9DF.6040905@chapman.edu> <7606A8AF-B952-4945-9B2D-9CEF1F57424C@mac.com> <45ABD978.7000407@u.washington.edu> <54931407-45A4-4CA3-A883-C3DCCBB67B18@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <54931407-45A4-4CA3-A883-C3DCCBB67B18@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.15.114932 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: uname question after update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:02:51 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. >>> >>> (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) >>> >>> ---Chuck >> >> Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? > > This feature, whatever you might think of it, isn't new. :-) > > But yes, it could be disabled; see /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh and > the number kept in /usr/obj/usr/src/include/version. Delete > /usr/obj/usr/src/include/version between kernel recompiles and you > will always get a version # of 0. > > ---Chuck > Oh, wait. I thought that the 2 version strings were concatenated, but after looking at the original post the guy noted that uname -a was invoked on 2 different machines. Duh. -Garrett