Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:37:10 +0100 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uname(1) does not show system is patched via freebsd-update(8) Message-ID: <hhlbs5$sav$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4B3C7C13.9090507@gmail.com> References: <hhhrib$i8r$1@ger.gmane.org> <4B3C7C13.9090507@gmail.com>
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Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 31/12/2009 11:40 π.μ., martinko wrote: >> Hallo, >> >> The system here seems to be patched yet I do not see the information >> in uname(1) output (see below). Is this a bug or my error or what ? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Martin >> > > This is normal. The patch level shown is not updated, unless one of the > following applies: > > 1. You are running a GENERIC kernel *and* the kernel was updated as part > of the freebsd-update patching process (This was not the case with > 8.0-RELEASE-p1, these patches did not affect the kernel) > 2. You rebuild your kernel after the update (you may rebuild GENERIC or > your own custom kernel). Assuming you have the sources installed, > freebsd-update will update them along with the binaries. The patch level > is in the file /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh. Check it out and you will > see a line "BRANCH=RELEASE-p1". This is what will be used if you rebuild > your kernel. > > Keep in mind that if the sole purpose of this is to have the patch level > info handy, you may simply override the value returned by uname -r using > i.e. the following: > > export UNAME_r=8.0-RELEASE-p1 > > but you have to remember to keep this synchronized with the actual patch > level :) > Thanks for the explanation! It all make sense now. Still I believe that correct info should be displayed by uname(1) somehow now that we have binary updates available. Regards, Martin
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