patches and uname -a

[Jaap Boender]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Roberto Nunnari wrote:

> Does anybody know how can you make uname report the
> real version? What if you recompile the kernel after
> patching the system? Would that do the trick?

As far as I know, uname gets the version information from the kernel.
So yes, if you recompile the kernel, you should be able to get the right
version displayed.

Yours,

   Jaap Boender