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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:31:19 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [OT] Re: how to apply a patch set
Message-ID:  <44irjlkow8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <450EC91F.2030802@computer.org> (Eric Schuele's message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:28:15 -0500")
References:  <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org> <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk> <450EC91F.2030802@computer.org>

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Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> writes:

> On 09/17/2006 17:40, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>> pobox@verysmall.org wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p'
>>> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it
>>> did not work.
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> The '#N' business after the version number is a counter showing how
>> many times you've updated your kernel.
>
> For the longest time this counter has never increased for me (it used
> to).  It now stays at zero, yet I have rebuilt world numerous
> times. Must be something in the way I am doing things.  Any idea what
> would cause it to *not* increase?

Deleting /usr/obj is the usual cause of that.



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