Re: 6.3 uname -a weirdness
On Thu 2009-12-03 14:46:26 UTC+0100, Andrea Venturoli (m...@netfence.it) wrote: > Now "uname -a" reports 6.3p13, although "cat /usr/src/UPDATING" gives: > > ... > 20091203: p14 FreeBSD-SA-09:15.ssl, > FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update > Disable SSL renegotiation in order to protect against a serious > protocol flaw. [09:15] > > Fix permissions in freebsd-update in order to prevent leakage of > sensitive files. [09:17] > ... >From what I understand the version number compiled into the kernel is retrived from /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh at build time. Maybe one of the developers forgot to update this file to p14 for FreeBSD 6.3. Or perhaps newvers.sh is only updated when the kernel is modified. But the latter theory does not match my experience on the FreeBSD 7.2 machine I run here: 1:52 ozzmo...@blizzard [~]grep -v # /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh | head TYPE="FreeBSD" REVISION="7.2" BRANCH="RELEASE-p5" ... Here, newvers.sh was modified only a few hours ago when I ran freebsd-update to upgrade from 7.2-REL-p4 to 7.2-REL-p5: 1:58 ozzmo...@blizzard [~]touch x 1:59 ozzmo...@blizzard [~]ls -l /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh x -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel3795 2009-12-03 21:24 /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis0 2009-12-04 01:59 x > I think the above does not affect the kernel; Yes, I believe ihis is correct for the recent security patches for 7.2. I saw no kernel modifications (so presumably no need to reboot the machine). > in fact I recompiled it just to be able to check the OS version with > uname. Just curious on whether this is normal... I wonder if the FreeBSD developers would consider it worthwhile to make it a bit easier to find out what "patch level" the system is at. "uname -a" only reflects the kernel patch level. I don't think there's an unambiguous way to determine the userland patch level. Most Linux distros use /etc/issue. Maybe FreeBSD could have something like that. Regards Andrew ___ 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"
Re: 6.3 uname -a weirdness
Diego F. Arias R. ha scritto: If you are using freebsd-update to keep your system up-to-date is normal. Unless updates apply to kernel it will keep the number of the last one who patch it. As I said above, I did a source upgrade. bye & Thanks av. ___ 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"
Re: 6.3 uname -a weirdness
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > Due to the recent advisories, on an i386 6.3 box, i just did: > > cd /usr/src > make update > make buildworld > make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > make installworld > shutdown -r now > > > Now "uname -a" reports 6.3p13, although "cat /usr/src/UPDATING" gives: > > ... > 20091203: p14 FreeBSD-SA-09:15.ssl, > FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update >Disable SSL renegotiation in order to protect against a serious >protocol flaw. [09:15] > >Fix permissions in freebsd-update in order to prevent leakage of >sensitive files. [09:17] > ... > > > > I think the above does not affect the kernel; in fact I recompiled it just > to be able to check the OS version with uname. > Just curious on whether this is normal... > > bye & Thanks >av. > ___ > 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" > If you are using freebsd-update to keep your system up-to-date is normal. Unless updates apply to kernel it will keep the number of the last one who patch it. -- mmm, interesante. ___ 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"
6.3 uname -a weirdness
Hello. Due to the recent advisories, on an i386 6.3 box, i just did: cd /usr/src make update make buildworld make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installworld shutdown -r now Now "uname -a" reports 6.3p13, although "cat /usr/src/UPDATING" gives: ... 20091203: p14 FreeBSD-SA-09:15.ssl, FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update Disable SSL renegotiation in order to protect against a serious protocol flaw. [09:15] Fix permissions in freebsd-update in order to prevent leakage of sensitive files. [09:17] ... I think the above does not affect the kernel; in fact I recompiled it just to be able to check the OS version with uname. Just curious on whether this is normal... bye & Thanks av. ___ 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"
