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On 04/25/13 06:31, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:52:17 -0500
> "Mark Felder" <feld@feld.me> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:34:30 -0500, Steve O'Hara-Smith
>> <steve@sohara.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You have updated to 9.1-RELEASE-p2 - but since there have been no
>>> kernel changes since 9.1-RELEASE the kernel version message hasn't
>>> changed.
>>> This could very reasonably be regarded as bug in the update/version
>>> reporting process but I wouldn't hold my breath for a fix, as things
>>> stand
>>> the version reported only changes when the kernel is updated, or if you
>>> recompile it after the update.
>> It would be nice if the version of the OS itself was stored in something
>> like /etc/freebsd-version so you know what the version of the OS as a
> 	Yes it would.
>
sysctl kern.version