Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:28:45 +0800 From: "Yuan, Jue" <yuanjue02@gmail.com> To: Roman Kurakin <rik@inse.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change kernel version tag? Message-ID: <200608252228.45724.yuanjue02@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44EF0A13.80008@inse.ru> References: <200608251958.09341.yuanjue02@gmail.com> <44EF0A13.80008@inse.ru>
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On Friday 25 August 2006 22:32, Roman Kurakin wrote: > Yuan, Jue wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > Could I change the kernel version tag manually? say, I have a kernel > > which is 7.0-CUREENT, but for some reasons I wanna it be something like > > 6.1-RELEASE, while the kernel itself does't change from 7.0-CURRENT to > > 6.1-RELEASE. All I want is the change of tag. For example, if this works, > > then when I type "uname -a" in console, I would get "6.1-RELEASE ..." > > instead of "7.0-CURRENT ...". > > You jast want to change the uname output, or some software checks kernel > version? > I think the uname output is enough. I have found __FreeBSD_version in /sys/sys/param.h, and was told the file /sys/conf/newvers.sh. So I guess the problem has already solved. :-) Anyway, thanks all the same. -- Best Regards Yuan, Jue @ http://www.yuanjue.net
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