Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:13:11 +0100 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Anders N." <wicked@baot.se> Subject: Re: svn revision in uname Message-ID: <CAO%2BPfDfP=28u_mBoG=1sOeghrPDqv8r4vBDqRrJs-CHcTjKDuw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44txrnqbav.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20121215194427.GA19347@baot.se> <44txrnqbav.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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I hope it will be removed soon, it pollutes the uname -a output. 2012/12/15 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> > "Anders N." <wicked@baot.se> writes: > > > Hi. I've noticed in my "uname -a" on 9.1-RELEASE there is "r243826." > > This is on a system that upgraded from 9.1-RC3 using freebsd-update > > (binary). On another system, upgraded from 9.0-RELEASE via > > freebsd-update (source), there is nothing at all and uname -a looks > > normal. Two other people I asked have r243825 (installed from ISO) and > > r243872 (upgraded from svn). > > > > They're all 9.1-RELEASE, shouldn't they be the same, final version? > > As I understand it, the revision ID refers to the whole repository, not > just a branch. So if you do your own svn checkout tomorrow, you'll get > yet another revision number, even though the files will (probably) be > completely identical to what you checked out yesterday -- ongoing > commits to HEAD will keep kicking the revision number up. > > There is work going on to make system builds completely, bit-for-bit, > repeatable, but that will presumably mean getting rid of this revision > number information, not making it consistent. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Demelier David
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