what are pX and #X
What are pX and #X after the version displayed by 'uname'? As far as I know pX is the 'patch set' and #X is the number of times the kernel has been updated. However, yesterday I updated the kernel (of 6.1 installed from the boot CD and then FTP - some time ago) and p jumped to p10, while #X remained zero. I thought pX changes only when world is built and #X should have been changed to #1. What I did was - cvsup-ed src with tag RELENG_6_1 cd /usr/src create MYKERNEL config (just commented cpu I486_CPU and I586_CPU) make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL reboot Iv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what are pX and #X
On 04/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are pX and #X after the version displayed by 'uname'? As far as I know pX is the 'patch set' and #X is the number of times the kernel has been updated. However, yesterday I updated the kernel (of 6.1 installed from the boot CD and then FTP - some time ago) and p jumped to p10, while #X remained zero. I thought pX changes only when world is built and #X should have been changed to #1. What I did was - cvsup-ed src with tag RELENG_6_1 cd /usr/src create MYKERNEL config (just commented cpu I486_CPU and I586_CPU) make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL reboot My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be incremented. If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is altered. Al -- WWW: http://ajs.no-dns-yet.org.uk GPG/PGP: http://ajs.no-dns-yet.org.uk/pubkey.gpg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what are pX and #X
My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be incremented. If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is altered. Al Interesting. I'll give it a try. What confuses me is that p is changed to 10 by updating only the kernel (the world is supposedly the old one). This means that there is no clear indication what is exactly updated (kernel/world) and what is not. Thank you, Iv. -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what are pX and #X
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 06:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be incremented. If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is altered. Al Interesting. I'll give it a try. What confuses me is that p is changed to 10 by updating only the kernel (the world is supposedly the old one). This means that there is no clear indication what is exactly updated (kernel/world) and what is not. Thank you, Iv. -- pX is the patch level, and this information can be followed here: http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv the #X is independant to the pX, and represents how many time the same kernel has been rebuilt on (or for) a system. my system has had only 1 p10 kernel, but mine says #3. hth, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what are pX and #X
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 12:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be incremented. If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is altered. Al Interesting. I'll give it a try. What confuses me is that p is changed to 10 by updating only the kernel (the world is supposedly the old one). This means that there is no clear indication what is exactly updated (kernel/world) and what is not. Point releases often contain patches for both world and kernel. After updating source you shouldn't build *only* the kernel, unless you have analysed the changes and decided a world update is not needed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what are pX and #X
Point releases often contain patches for both world and kernel. After updating source you shouldn't build *only* the kernel, unless you have analysed the changes and decided a world update is not needed. Oh, I see. Thanks, that was useful. Iv ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
