[Bug 279947] Generally explain patch level discrepancies compared to, for example, 14.1-RELEASE-p1 releng/14.1-n267682-0892dff10444

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:07:09 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279947

Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |doc@FreeBSD.org
            Product|Base System                 |Documentation
           Keywords|                            |pkgbase
          Component|kern                        |Manual Pages
                URL|                            |https://github.com/freebsd/
                   |                            |freebsd-src/blob/bbecd3148a
                   |                            |bf68918b1aa5fc7750dd8ec17fe
                   |                            |a72/bin/freebsd-version/fre
                   |                            |ebsd-version.1#L76
            Summary|pkgbase: unexpected patch   |Generally explain patch
                   |level 1 kernel:             |level discrepancies
                   |14.1-RELEASE-p1             |compared to, for example,
                   |releng/14.1-n267682-0892dff |14.1-RELEASE-p1
                   |10444                       |releng/14.1-n267682-0892dff
                   |                            |10444
            Version|14.1-RELEASE                |Latest

--- Comment #2 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
Re: <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/659856>, it seems to me that the result
with pkgbase is correct. In particular: 

> … the confusion around mixed patch levels will become less commonplace 👍

So, documentation. 

We can begin with simple, non-contentious freebsd-src pull requests for
freebsd-version(1).

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-version&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-release>

Then, on to frequently asked questions <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/>
…

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