Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:28:15 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] Re: how to apply a patch set Message-ID: <450EC91F.2030802@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org> <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 09/17/2006 17:40, Matthew Seaman wrote: > pobox@verysmall.org wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' >> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it >> did not work. <snip> > > The '#N' business after the version number is a counter showing how > many times you've updated your kernel. For the longest time this counter has never increased for me (it used to). It now stays at zero, yet I have rebuilt world numerous times. Must be something in the way I am doing things. Any idea what would cause it to *not* increase? > > Cheers, > > Matthew > -- Regards, Eric
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