[OT] Re: how to apply a patch set

[Eric Schuele]

On 09/17/2006 17:40, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> pobox at verysmall.org wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p'
>> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it
>> did not work.

<snip>

> 
> The '#N' business after the version number is a counter showing how 
> many times you've updated your kernel.

For the longest time this counter has never increased for me (it used 
to).  It now stays at zero, yet I have rebuilt world numerous times. 
Must be something in the way I am doing things.  Any idea what would 
cause it to *not* increase?

> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 


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Regards,
Eric