From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 03:12:44 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B74F130 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250FB194B for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:12:43 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=An0KoBXcAV9j8AhZ8ml55MjYlDpnz0FK2SUPDGjVRx4fpzHomrY5FHj78NOkQDJD; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [209.86.224.36] (helo=elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Wacje-0003OM-5g for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:11:34 -0400 Received: from 108.50.137.40 by webmail.earthlink.net with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:11:33 -0400 Message-ID: <23956906.1397704294200.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:11:33 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: John To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where does uname get version number? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 X-ELNK-Trace: 2552ff5019365d7e94f5150ab1c16ac0b4de374c5ae8ff7939304b9456ae384ac87ad4fac07179b9350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.36 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: John List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:12:44 -0000 -----Original Message----- >From: Trond Endrest=C3=B8l >Sent: Apr 16, 2014 3:59 AM >To: John >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: where does uname get version number? > >On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:28-0400, John wrote: > >> After a rocky upgrade from 9.1-RELEASE(-p10) to 9.2-RELEASE, all files I= checked are now in 9.2-RELEASE-p4. For example: >>=20 >> /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh contains: >>=20 >> TYPE=3D"FreeBSD" >> REVISION=3D"9.2" >> BRANCH=3D"RELEASE-p4" >>=20 >> /etc/hosts contains: >>=20 >> # $FreeBSD: release/9.2.0/etc/hosts 109997 2003-01-28 21:29:23Z dbaker $ >>=20 >> and the kernel contains the new version: >> =20 >> # strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep RELEASE|grep 9 >> @(#)FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Apr 8 18:08:22 UTC 2014 >> FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Apr 8 18:08:22 UTC 2014 >> 9.2-RELEASE-p4 >>=20 >> However, uname somehow shows the wrong version: >>=20 >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825= : Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj= /usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >>=20 >> So where does uname get the version number from? Which file(s) might no= t have been upgraded? Thank you! > >newvers.sh generates /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/$KERNEL/vers{ion,.c} during=20 >buildkernel. > >Prior to running "make -D NO_CLEAN buildworld buildkernel" I always=20 >run "rm /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/$KERNEL/vers*" thus forcing these files=20 >to be regenerated with the correct information. > >If you want to keep the build count stored in the=20 >/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/$KERNEL/version file, just run=20 >"rm /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/$KERNEL/vers.?". > Thank you! Sorry I should mention, I never compiled kernel, I just upgrade= d from RELEASE to RELEASE. I mentioned that newvers.sh in order to show th= at the upgrade appeared to be successful, because all these files that cont= ains the version number now show the correct new version (9.2-RELEASE-p4). = Yet somehow uname shows the wrong old version (9.1-RELEASE #0). So want t= o know where does uname obtained the version number.