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Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Changing release version on source
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>
> If the software you're using gets the version in the same manner as  
> uname, then all you should need is a new kernel.

Or maybe just LD_PRELOAD a replacement for uname() that fakes out the  
release information?

--lyndon