On 01/06/2010 2:33 ?.?., n dhert wrote: > Can somebody explain about the -p<level> one sees in the output of the > uname -r ? > Under *exactly* what conditions the patch level changes to a new value > after you applied a freebsd-update install ? >
If you are using the GENERIC kernel AND the kernel was updated as part of the freebsd-update process, the patch level is changed. You will need to reboot. If you are using the GENERIC kernel AND the kernel was not updated as part of the freebsd-update process, the patch level reported is unchanged if you are using a CUSTOM kernel, the reported patch level is not changed until you rebuild your kernel with the new sources as updated by freebsd-update. After rebuilding your kernel it always reflects the latest -p version, even if there were no actual kernel changes. The reported -p level is contained in this file: /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh and this is always updated when an update comes through. If you rebuild your custom kernel (or even GENERIC) it will always report the value from this file. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
