Date: 07 May 2005 10:43:12 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Christopher Lane <colane@inteliport.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: World version Message-ID: <44is1v85bz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <427B91DC.6060801@inteliport.com> References: <427B91DC.6060801@inteliport.com>
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Christopher Lane <colane@inteliport.com> writes: > Simple question: how can I tell what version of the system binaries > I'm running? Flame-proofing follows. > > Searches on this mailing list and google tell me 'uname -a' is the > ticket, but that doesn't seem to get what I want. No, it isn't. That gets you kernel information. > Here's the testing > I've done. > > * Install 5.3 from cd on two machines > * CVSup /usr/src on both to 5.4-STABLE > * On box #1, I configure/upgrade just the kernel (using the "old way") > * On box #2, I do the entire 'make buildworld' through 'mergemaster' > as per handbook section 19.4 > > My understanding is that on box #1 I'm running a 5.4 kernel with 5.3 > system binaries (which is a bad thing to do). Box #2 is 5.4 for > both. Here's the uname output for both boxes: > > box #1: FreeBSD name.domain 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #2: Thu Apr > 21 12:02:07 EDT 2005 > user@name.domain:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FIREWALL i386 > > box #2: FreeBSD name.domain 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Fri May > 6 09:46:40 EDT 2005 user@name.domain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SANDBOX i386 > > I know the first box has 5.3 binaries, but uname -a doesn't indicate > that. So how can I tell the first box has mismatched kernel/userspace? I don't see that you can. Just don't do that; and if you're not sure, update kernel and world to make sure they're in synch.
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