Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:59:57 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current Message-ID: <20030130045957.GA47151@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <p05200f33ba5e581a8f86@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net> <p05200f31ba5e4c0bbc26@[128.113.24.47]> <20030130040542.GA46905@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <p05200f33ba5e581a8f86@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:21:39PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> At 8:05 PM -0800 1/29/03, Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> >uname(1) works on both 4.7 and 5.0. This seems
> >like a trivial problem to fix.
>
> If you use something fixed like uname, then what does one do once
> they *DO* want to switch from one branch to another one?
>
Compare output from /usr/bin/uname -r to ${OBJDIR}/usr.bin/uname/uname -r.
If the strings are the same, then install. If the strings are different
or an error occurs either abort the install or wait for keyboard input
to continue the installation.
You don't need a special file to indicate what version of
FreeBSD you have. uname -r tells you.
--
Steve
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