Re: uname question after update
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 10:37:19AM -0800, Jay Chandler wrote: I have two boxes I've updated so far to 6.2. uname -a returns two different strings: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have recompiled your kernel. Kris pgplfEQ9ZsDJ6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: uname question after update
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 10:37:19AM -0800, Jay Chandler wrote: I have two boxes I've updated so far to 6.2. uname -a returns two different strings: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have recompiled your kernel. Kris Thank you, Kris. *smacks forehead* Monday morning indeed... -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today's Excuse: emissions from GSM-phones ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Jay Chandler wrote: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/ src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/ sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Jay Chandler wrote: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) ---Chuck Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On 1/15/07, Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Jay Chandler wrote: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) ---Chuck Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is not new. -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On Monday 15 January 2007 21:37, Jay Chandler wrote: I have two boxes I've updated so far to 6.2. uname -a returns two different strings: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? how many times kernel 'SMP' was compiled on this box. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:43:52AM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: [...] Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? -Garrett That's not new, it's been around for more than a decade. You can `disable' it by cleaning out the kernel build directory prior to building a new kernel. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) ---Chuck Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? This feature, whatever you might think of it, isn't new. :-) But yes, it could be disabled; see /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh and the number kept in /usr/obj/usr/src/include/version. Delete /usr/obj/ usr/src/include/version between kernel recompiles and you will always get a version # of 0. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
Jonathan Chen wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:43:52AM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: [...] Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? -Garrett That's not new, it's been around for more than a decade. You can `disable' it by cleaning out the kernel build directory prior to building a new kernel. Oh, duh. I didn't realize that that occurred every time I cleaned up prior to a kernel compile . Thanks! -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
On 15 янв. 2007, at 21:43, Garrett Cooper wrote: Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Jay Chandler wrote: FreeBSD box1.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 20:01:29 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/ src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD box2.mydomain.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #4: Sat Jan 13 15:40:40 PST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/ src/sys/SMP i386 What does the #0 / #4 mean? The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) ---Chuck Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? This is not a 'new' feature. This was so for very long time. You can also reset the number by cleaning out /usr/obj directory. Version file vers.c is generated by src/sys/conf/newvers.sh script. You can hack this script for it not to increase kernel number. -- AIM-UANIC | AIM-RIPE +-[ FreeBSD ]-+ Alexander Mogilny | The Power to Serve! | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-+ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: uname question after update
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: The number of times you have rebuilt the kernel. (This number gets reset when the OS version gets bumped, I believe.) ---Chuck Hmm.. that's a new 'feature'. Can that be disabled in any way? This feature, whatever you might think of it, isn't new. :-) But yes, it could be disabled; see /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh and the number kept in /usr/obj/usr/src/include/version. Delete /usr/obj/usr/src/include/version between kernel recompiles and you will always get a version # of 0. ---Chuck Oh, wait. I thought that the 2 version strings were concatenated, but after looking at the original post the guy noted that uname -a was invoked on 2 different machines. Duh. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
