Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:03:19 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <20110113210319.GD3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <579FC70C-5B5B-43B4-9E71-D765887FAF6F@mac.com> References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <BF2F84C5-AB13-4FE1-AB43-AD965E21980E@mac.com> <20110113204525.GB3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <579FC70C-5B5B-43B4-9E71-D765887FAF6F@mac.com>
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--d01dLTUuW90fS44H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chuck Swiger on Thursday, 13 January 2011: > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Chip Camden wrote: > > On my system, /etc/termcap has the date well after my installation > > (Jun 28 2010) and /etc/rmt dates to well before (Nov 21 2009). I first > > installed FreeBSD on this system on Apr 1 2010. >=20 > Certainly the target of the link would change; my /etc/termcap points to: >=20 > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 206901 Dec 14 21:03 /usr/share/misc/termcap >=20 > This particular box I'm looking at had been updated from FreeBSD-4.x thro= ugh 7-STABLE, so a 2001 timestamp for the original installs seems about rig= ht. >=20 > I wonder, are you folks using something other than UFS for / filesystem..= .perhaps ZFS or whatever handles the dates on symlinks differently? >=20 > Regards, > --=20 > -Chuck I'm all UFS. My first installation was 8.0-RELEASE. At that time, I don't think termcap was even a symlink, but I could be mistaken. I'm looking at the date on the symlink itself, not its target. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com | http://chipstips.= com --d01dLTUuW90fS44H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNL2iXAAoJEIpckszW26+RlO0H/2QcvtZ7Ck2JTDvd82Ldkqye lE44jC6ETL4S6b8XHguuaE8MDkCeUwndRH6xDD9X9JzoHu25b7B9VKx/o5VZpWmD TJ82mxgNspaYcA9n9TTEbi10TwQk6IkunHNSRQU/zlmqH5MtU5snuDf8ievtpWxX 5hmQ8kNOEA10P0DqK/4Btuxn+MldfN0RccTVNzcIkvJQYPvDs7bUAYjLMVWLTrMP Sq7+SM9W54HpdRzczkzqtUcYLDEXWC9PRhbjMT1tIYYGCXZKN9EMU2TDGxJ4b2Sv yuhsZJx+swm6Uz7HrhYKLeTnO2o6qwd9RBEZGHKAeYAim49SXP0ZTtvF13wJgyQ= =BDDD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d01dLTUuW90fS44H--
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