uname -a was(Cvsup and RELENG_4 or RLENG_4_9)

Bob Collins bobc at anything-inc.com
Mon Feb 2 14:09:41 PST 2004


On Tue, Feb  3, 2004, Jonathan Chen clacked the keyboard to produce:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:39:10AM -0500, Bob Collins wrote:
> > This is a follow-up question regarding uname -a. After CVSup, making
> > world, making a new kernel etc, when I run uname -a it reports
> > 4.9-RELEASE #0. Should the #0 portion be a higher number? Also what
> > exactly does that number represent? I assume an RC....
> 
> It represents the number of times you've built the kernel using the
> current sources.
> -- 
> Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Me too to your sig.

Thank you for the clarification. This list and FBSD are truly amazing.
Fast answers and lots of help, and I learn something new every day.

Thanks all!

-- 
Bob

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