Uname borked on ??-Release...

[Kris Kennaway]

Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>> I get the following from uname -a:
>>>>>
>>>>> FreeBSD archangel.daleco.biz 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #6:
>>>>> Sat Jun  2 09:22:50 CDT 2007  root at archangel.daleco.biz:
>>>>> /usr/obj/backup/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I rebuilt world, more or less without issues,
>>>>> twice in February with "RELENG_6" in the supfile.  This
>>>>> didn't change uname's output, and that worried me a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, to make matters bette^H^H^H^Hadder, I csup'ped
>>>>> to RELENG_7_0 the day after it was released, read
>>>>> /usr/src/UPDATING, and the webpage detailing the
>>>>> upgrade, and did another buildworld/kernel cycle.
>>>>> Now I have no idea if I'm on 6 or 7 (seems like
>>>>> 7, but many ports issues, and I've rebuilt them
>>>>> all), and it's just becoming a major PITA.
>>>>
>>>> You didnt succeed in installing the new kernel.  'make 
>>>> installkernel' is the step in which this occurs.
>>>>
>>> Thank you and Phillip for answering my post.  However,
>>> I've done this 3 times now, and I don't skip that step.
>>> There have been no errors in the process, either.
>>>
>>> I've rebooted the system, and I'm still being told I'm running
>>> 6.2 by uname.  In addition, pkg_add thinks I should be looking
>>> for 6-latest packages instead of 7, and the list of annoyances
>>> continues.  And, "hmm", symbols?  I'm guessing that knob is ON
>>> in FBSD7?  Once again, proof that something's wrong, as I didn't
>>> build debugging kernels in FBSD6 ... so I'm thinking this is
>>> a 7 kernel?  It just doesn't make sense to me.
>>>
>>> It *is* a Monday, after all. If installkernel didn't succeed, 
>>> shouldn't there be any other evidence?  Could skipping a mergemaster 
>>> at some point have this effect?  
>>
>> Possibly you have 6.x sources still.  Or you are not actually booting 
>> /boot/kernel/kernel but some other kernel.  Check sysctl 
>> kern.bootfile.  You can also do
>>
>> strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 7.0-RELEASE
>>
>> to verify the kernel version string.
> 
> #sysctl kern.bootfile
> kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel/kernel
> 
> #strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 0-RELEASE
> @(#)FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 28 12:22:38 CST 2008
> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Thu Feb 28 12:22:38 CST 2008
> 7.0-RELEASE
> 
> #ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  9294687 Feb 28 12:22 /boot/kernel/kernel*
> 
> Well, fudging around with uname's source shows that it's basically 
> calling some sysctls, so maybe the question
> is, with what I have above, why do I still have:
> 
> sysctl -a | grep kern.osre
> kern.osrelease: 6.2-RELEASE
> kern.osrevision: 199506
> kern.osreldate: 602000
> 
> ??

What about strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep 6.2-RELEASE

?

Kris