Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:35:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick Question re: Dmesg & Current Version Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418103418.223D-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <xzp67k7iclt.fsf@bilskirnir.ifi.uio.no>
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On 18 Apr 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > > On Sat, 18 April 1998 at 2:32:18 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > In the dmesg for my system I get: > > > > > > FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #5: Fri Apr 17 20:25:58 BST 1998 > > > > > > What does the '#5' refer to? > > > > It's the version number. Each time you build a kernel, the number is > > incremented. Look at the file /sys/compile/YOURKERNEL/version. > > It is also reset to zero every time you run config, because > /sys/compile/YOURKERNEL/version is deleted. I'm not sure if that's a > bug or a feature... Maybe we could put (the|a) version number in > /etc/YOURKERNEL.version so it is kept across config runs. Well, it doesn't now on -current. On -stable man config. - alex "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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