Re: uname -r and patchlevel

On 01/06/2010 2:33 ?.?., n dhert wrote: > Can somebody explain about the -p 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 wa

uname -r and patchlevel

Can somebody explain about the -p 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 ? Does -p only change if a) a change of the file /boot/kernel/kernel was part of the update or also if b)