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Date:      Tue, 31 Dec 2013 23:25:54 -0800
From:      Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   uname -r: release level
Message-ID:  <CAPi0pst37XD7X7n3d8oSV4YdETNj-2hO6dmF1YdX=vCZzjq6jw@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi,

I just setup my freebsd machine and performed a "freebsd-update fetch
install" which leads me to believe I am now running 9.2-RELEASE-p2.
Of course I wanted to see for myself using "uname -r" which reports my
"release level".

"uname -r" is reporting 9.2-RELEASE which is not quite what I was
expecting (I was expecting a p2 suffix).  That doesn't interest me too
much, but this does:

By what mechanism does "uname -r" determine my "release level"?

Thank you,

Chris



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