Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:31:19 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: how to apply a patch set Message-ID: <44irjlkow8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <450EC91F.2030802@computer.org> (Eric Schuele's message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:28:15 -0500") References: <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org> <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk> <450EC91F.2030802@computer.org>
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Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> writes: > 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? Deleting /usr/obj is the usual cause of that.
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