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Date:      Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:15:32 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How does /usr/bin/uname work in plain english?
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfpvQVZaxFZajBGQRPOVe2c74KYUDdVkL8VcYKm1AdgvHw@mail.gmail.com>
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References:  <20210114032209.GA94213@www.zefox.net> <CANCZdfp53Zx_xdo1dFpuujRKtA7K%2BH89RentyB=hM1nbpWh9Hw@mail.gmail.com> <e7f33c1b-eb7b-7d33-e0e4-d2b1cb7a503e@gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 10:13 PM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> On 14/01/2021 04:46, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 8:22 PM bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> =E2=80=A6 uname -KU reports
> >> 1300135 1300134
> >> =E2=80=A6
> > __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 =E2=80=93 with the inferior number =E2=80=93 shou=
ld I guess that
> Bob has not (yet) performed the installworld part of a FreeBSD-CURRENT
> system update routine?
>
> (Am I confused?)
>

He has a newer kernel than userland... however that came to be...

Warner

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