[OT] Re: how to apply a patch set

[Lowell Gilbert]

Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org> writes:

> 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?

Deleting /usr/obj is the usual cause of that.