Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:56:58 +0100 From: Henri Hennebert <hlh@restart.be> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing release version on source Message-ID: <20060309085658.o6d44acukg4ksso8@webmail.restart.be> In-Reply-To: <440F3DAC.4030402@rogers.com> References: <440F393C.9030302@rogers.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060308120809.03286448@antimatter.net> <440F3DAC.4030402@rogers.com>
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Quoting Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>: > Glenn Dawson wrote: >> At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: >>> Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source =20 >>> code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on =20 >>> FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am =20 >>> wondering i can change the version of RELENG_5 code so that this =20 >>> software will think its 5.3-R and let me install. I have tried =20 >>> changing the variable in /usr/src/release/Makefile, but that seems =20 >>> to have no effect. >> >> Take a look at sys/conf/newvers.sh > > Excellent, thanks! I'm presuming i have to do a full build/install > world for this to take effect. Do you think that anything may break > because of this manual change, even if i used RELENG_6 code? I will not > be installing any ports. I would prefer to wrap /usr/bin/uname with a temporary custom version =20 returning the disired values. Henri ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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