Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:23:42 +0800 From: "Paul Hamilton" <paul@bdug.org.au> To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: script entry to finding the version after a cvsup Message-ID: <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMEEEGGHAA.paul@bdug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <200406011009.29082.kstewart@owt.com>
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Hi Kent, Thanks for that tip off. After lots of digging around in google, I found this site: http://simon.nitro.dk/freebsd-tips.php that mentions how to use script: newvers.sh grep -E 'BRANCH|REVISION' /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh Cool. Cheers, paul -----Original Message----- From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart@owt.com] Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 1:09 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Paul Hamilton Subject: Re: script entry to finding the version after a cvsup On Tuesday 01 June 2004 06:55 am, Paul Hamilton wrote: > Hi, > > I have written a basic script to cvsup, buildworld and install the > new kernel-world etc. I have introduced some basic logging, so I can > track the time taken. Now I would like to track the version it was > before the upgrade (ie. uname -r ), and what it is after the upgrade. > Now, I can't use uname -r, because the server has to be restarted so > it can pick up the new kernel etc. > > So my question is, where can I find a entry in the downloaded > kernel/world source files that says that it is FreeBSD 4.9 p9 etc. I > can't use stable-supfile, because it only records the 'branch' that > is being upgraded, not the full version. > > Any clues? Look at /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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