From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 19:09:56 2008 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E51106566C for <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:09:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C8E18FC15; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:09:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47CD9E82.9030606@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:09:54 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> References: <47CC36C9.7020402@daleco.biz> <47CC5E2A.8090800@FreeBSD.org> <47CC72C8.5070905@daleco.biz> <47CC782D.3090005@FreeBSD.org> <47CC81FE.6050206@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <47CC81FE.6050206@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1255; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: philip@ridecharge.com, FreeBSD-Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Uname borked on ??-Release... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:09:56 -0000 Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>> <snip> >>> >>>>> I get the following from uname -a: >>>>> >>>>> FreeBSD archangel.daleco.biz 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #6: >>>>> Sat Jun 2 09:22:50 CDT 2007 root@archangel.daleco.biz: >>>>> /usr/obj/backup/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>>>> >>>>> However, I rebuilt world, more or less without issues, >>>>> twice in February with "RELENG_6" in the supfile. This >>>>> didn't change uname's output, and that worried me a bit. >>>>> >>>>> So, to make matters bette^H^H^H^Hadder, I csup'ped >>>>> to RELENG_7_0 the day after it was released, read >>>>> /usr/src/UPDATING, and the webpage detailing the >>>>> upgrade, and did another buildworld/kernel cycle. >>>>> Now I have no idea if I'm on 6 or 7 (seems like >>>>> 7, but many ports issues, and I've rebuilt them >>>>> all), and it's just becoming a major PITA. >>>> >>>> You didnt succeed in installing the new kernel. 'make >>>> installkernel' is the step in which this occurs. >>>> >>> Thank you and Phillip for answering my post. However, >>> I've done this 3 times now, and I don't skip that step. >>> There have been no errors in the process, either. >>> >>> I've rebooted the system, and I'm still being told I'm running >>> 6.2 by uname. In addition, pkg_add thinks I should be looking >>> for 6-latest packages instead of 7, and the list of annoyances >>> continues. And, "hmm", symbols? I'm guessing that knob is ON >>> in FBSD7? Once again, proof that something's wrong, as I didn't >>> build debugging kernels in FBSD6 ... so I'm thinking this is >>> a 7 kernel? It just doesn't make sense to me. >>> >>> It *is* a Monday, after all. If installkernel didn't succeed, >>> shouldn't there be any other evidence? Could skipping a mergemaster >>> at some point have this effect? >> >> Possibly you have 6.x sources still. Or you are not actually booting >> /boot/kernel/kernel but some other kernel. Check sysctl >> kern.bootfile. You can also do >> >> strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 7.0-RELEASE >> >> to verify the kernel version string. > > #sysctl kern.bootfile > kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel/kernel > > #strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 0-RELEASE > @(#)FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 28 12:22:38 CST 2008 > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 28 12:22:38 CST 2008 > 7.0-RELEASE > > #ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9294687 Feb 28 12:22 /boot/kernel/kernel* > > Well, fudging around with uname's source shows that it's basically > calling some sysctls, so maybe the question > is, with what I have above, why do I still have: > > sysctl -a | grep kern.osre > kern.osrelease: 6.2-RELEASE > kern.osrevision: 199506 > kern.osreldate: 602000 > > ?? What about strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 6.2-RELEASE ? Kris