Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:55:49 -0500 From: Chris BeHanna <chris@behanna.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting the running patch level Message-ID: <FCF3F936-CC1F-43BB-90A4-7F4A008E18BA@behanna.org> In-Reply-To: <CAC8HS2FU1hrbh_m4P6h%2BSpUAJREfCeynHPD3QnNx6XuzSb3T-g@mail.gmail.com> References: <0B65D7562F9DA04FAC3F15C508BF67136B90E09E1F@ESESSCMS0355.eemea.ericsson.se> <001701cd7648$c2520350$46f609f0$@com> <5024f984.45ca320a.1838.4155SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <CAC8HS2FU1hrbh_m4P6h%2BSpUAJREfCeynHPD3QnNx6XuzSb3T-g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Aug 10, 2012, at 09:40 , Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> = wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Roberto <robertot@redix.it> wrote: >>=20 >> So as far I understand, if the kernel is not updated by the update = process, it >> is not possible to get via "uname" the currently patch level. >=20 > Correct. >=20 > This has been discussed a number of time, but there are no nice and > simple solution. There is a simple solution if we just update the > kernel always, but that's a hack IMO. >=20 > While the problem seems rather simple, there are many corner cases > making it hard to solve. It should be solved so people can get this > information, personally I just haven't had the time to work on it. Split off a version.ko and update that with each patch? --=20 Chris BeHanna chris@behanna.org=
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