Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:02:08 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.4-RELEASE-p12 Message-ID: <20131020130208.a1b6b6944a8ac1b1eec138a2@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <1381424840.11040.32473177.511919E0@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <CAJxePNKeX9Jw3OcuiQkZZM3Axn%2BTtKV2dYCoou0s1L%2B6x8rncw@mail.gmail.com> <201310090332.r993We9X098245@chilled.skew.org> <20131009153605.3c6524c8a1ce44965a54ae6a@yahoo.es> <1381424840.11040.32473177.511919E0@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Sorry for the delay Mark On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:07:20 -0500 Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > You are incorrect. The output of uname -a is taken from the kernel and > cannot be updated without installing a new kernel. > >From uname and uname(3) man pages, "An environment variable composed of the string UNAME_ followed by any flag to the uname utility (except for -a) will allow the corresponding data to be set to the contents of the environment variable." The -a flag behave as though the options -m, -n, -r, -s, and -v were specified. Freebsd-update can modify /root/.profile or better, /etc/profile, adding those environment variables with correct and update values. --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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