Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-14 Thread Doug Ambrisko
Henri Hennebert writes: | > Glenn Dawson wrote: | >> At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: | >>> Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source | >>> code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on | >>> FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-09 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:04:55 -0500 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It already supports this, see the manpage. The software may not be > using uname(1) to determine kernel version though. ah, that is interesting. I didn't know about that one. Thanks for enlightening me. -- Regards, To

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 08:56:58AM +0100, Henri Hennebert wrote: > Quoting Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >Glenn Dawson wrote: > >>At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: > >>>Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source > >>>code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) tha

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-09 Thread Henri Hennebert
Quoting Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
If the software you're using gets the version in the same manner as uname, then all you should need is a new kernel. Or maybe just LD_PRELOAD a replacement for uname() that fakes out the release information? --lyndon ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.o

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:25 PM 3/8/2006, Mike Jakubik wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wonde

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Mike Jakubik
Glenn Dawson wrote: At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change the version of RELENG_5 c

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Mike Jakubik
Scot Hetzel wrote: On 3/8/06, Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change the ver

Re: Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Scot Hetzel
On 3/8/06, Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I > have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while > it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change > the version of RELENG_5

Changing release version on source

2006-03-08 Thread Mike Jakubik
Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change the version of RELENG_5 code so that this software will think its 5.3-R and let