Likely kernel relinking after a syspatch. Careful, windmills are dangerous.
Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > [SUPER LOW PRIORITY in case it matters with 8.0 around the corner] > > After what seemed like an uneventful syspatch, I got the usual system > mail-message notifying me about changes. > > $ mail > ... > & p > ... > Running security(8): > > Setuid changes: > -r-xr-sr-x 1 root _smtpq 212416 May 6 18:45:28 2026 /usr/sbin/smtpctl > -r-xr-sr-x 1 root _smtpq 212496 Sep 28 07:31:23 2026 /usr/sbin/smtpctl > > ====== > /etc/motd diffs (-OLD +NEW) > ====== > --- /var/backups/etc_motd.current Wed Jun 3 01:30:06 2026 > +++ /etc/motd Thu Oct 1 18:34:03 2026 > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > -OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC) #399: Wed May 6 13:01:58 MDT 2026 > +OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC) #15: Sun Sep 27 02:47:08 MDT 2026 > > Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. > ... > > I expected the other notifications, but was confused why the MOTD file > seems to have *downgraded* from #399 to #15. > > The system is running 7.9#15 > > $ uname -mrv > 7.9 GENERIC#15 amd64 > > corroborated by > > $ dmesg | grep GENERIC > OpenBSD 7.9 (GENERIC) #15: Sun Sep 27 02:47:08 MDT 2026 > > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC > > so I'm unsure how my stock motd file ever had #399 in it associated with > 7.9 (I don't know what 7.8 went up to, so maybe there was some roll-over > from a 7.8#399 that didn't get updated before the motd got written?) > > Anyways, not a big deal here and certainly not worth pre-8.0-release > brain-cell expenditure, just seemed weird and figured I'd report it. > > -tkc > -- > > > > >
