Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:32:23 +0200 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, des@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-version(1) enchancement Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSfAxcZLrNaLZ01%2B=cdp8-rd8pRuAqpBv72vXmBohLMQwQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSeoYpJra8MD=gaCgPnLvLOFhbQ%2BzjRDaJOi1q6sfdPT9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B7WWSeoYpJra8MD=gaCgPnLvLOFhbQ%2BzjRDaJOi1q6sfdPT9g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote: > I didn't even know this tool existed before tried to complete > freebsd-<tab> today, very nice. > > Would it make sense to also include the svnversion(1) of the system > sources in the version output? Maybe with a separate option (-u > perhaps?) if it's not ok to change the meaning of -k and -u options > anymore. > > -Kimmo Woops... I just noticed freebsd-version is nothing but a shell script. In that case could the svnversion(1) information be included in the loader(8) binary? There's already a timestamp in it like this: # strings /boot/loader | grep -A2 "bootstrap loader" FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader Sat Nov 9 15:29:40 EET 2013 toor@freebsd10.rdnzl.info -Kimmo
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