Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:13:09 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How does /usr/bin/uname work in plain english? Message-ID: <e7f33c1b-eb7b-7d33-e0e4-d2b1cb7a503e@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfp53Zx_xdo1dFpuujRKtA7K%2BH89RentyB=hM1nbpWh9Hw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210114032209.GA94213@www.zefox.net> <CANCZdfp53Zx_xdo1dFpuujRKtA7K%2BH89RentyB=hM1nbpWh9Hw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14/01/2021 04:46, Warner Losh wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 8:22 PM bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > >> … uname -KU reports >> 1300135 1300134 >> … > __FreeBSD_version is defined in sys/param.h. For -U, uname prints that > value. For -K, it asks the kernel for this value to print. > > MMmmnnn where MM is the major version, mm is minor, and nnn is incremental > when the APIs change, approximately weekly. > > Warner Thanks. From the example above – with the inferior number – should I guess that Bob has not (yet) performed the installworld part of a FreeBSD-CURRENT system update routine? (Am I confused?)
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