Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:36:20 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Phil Gilley <pgilley@metronet.com> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 uname(1) command Message-ID: <7025.849576980@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Dec 1996 18:42:49 CST." <Pine.HPP.3.95.961202183418.16267A-100000@fohnix.metronet.com>
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> At work today I did an ftp install directly from ftp.freebsd.org. > After the install uname says: > > FreeBSD mensa.dnaent.com 2.1.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 24 2 3:31:18 1996 jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > The reports I've seen from people who said their uname reports 2.1.6.1 > have also mentioned they sup'd the sources. I think there's a problem > with what's on the ftp site. I'm wondering what else might be wrong. I think there's simply something different about building from sources than there is about loading the bindist kernel, though I can't imagine what. In any case, it's probably not worth getting too concerned about at this stage since the problem would appear to be benign. Jordan
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