Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:22:32 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel ident behaviour change? Message-ID: <20020114162232.C21333@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3C42E804.A707CDF0@gactr.uga.edu> References: <3C42E804.A707CDF0@gactr.uga.edu>
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:15:32AM -0500, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > Seems that the kernel ident behaviour has changed for 4.5...I used to > name my kernels based on the dell model number (2450, 4350, 1550, 2550, > etc). With 4.5, though, it seems the ident can no longer be strictly > numeric (had to change them to "uni-2450" > etc). Not a big deal, really. Is there a reason for the change, though? > The reason is a sticter syntax checking by config(8) -- ident's parameter is of type STRING, so you should enclose it into double quotes if it's all digits. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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