From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 17:05:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2831065677 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9EB8FC12 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m88H5SAL083089; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:05:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m88H5Pdh083088; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:05:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:05:25 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200809081705.m88H5Pdh083088@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marck@rinet.ru In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:05:32 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: mysterious uname non-updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marck@rinet.ru List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:05:35 -0000 Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > today, updating one of my machines, I got the following mysterious results > after reboot: > > root@ogre:~# sysctl -a | grep RELE > kern.osrelease: 6.3-RELEASE > kern.version: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #4: Thu Jan 17 15:28:57 MSK 2008 > root@ogre:~# strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep RELE > AE_RELEASE_DEADLOCK > 6.3-RELEASE-p4 > FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p4 #6: Sun Sep 7 23:13:45 MSD 2008 > @(#)FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p4 #6: Sun Sep 7 23:13:45 MSD 2008 > root@ogre:~# env | grep -i uname > root@ogre:~# > > WTF? Why my kernel reports that it is previous version (actually it is already > deleted, so I'm double puzzled) What does "sysctl kern.bootfile" say? And are you sure that you rebooted the right machine? ;-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth