how to update the revision information

[Matthew Seaman]

On 04/07/2012 12:13, Bill Yuan wrote:
> The blow information can be found when we boot up the system, also can use
> command "uname -v"

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> my question is how can I change this,
> 
> and I cannot rebuild it ,because on my freebsd, I dont have src anymore .

Well, the info that uname(1) prints out is generated from the source
code at compile time.  Recompiling the kernel, or updating the kernel
via eg. freebsd-update(8) are the only ways to change it.

If you're asking about the perennial "I just security-patched my system
with freebsd-update, but uname still shows the old patch-level" thing,
then yeah.  Unless freebsd-update supplies you with a whole new kernel
image, which only happens when a security bug involves the kernel, then
the uname output will not be changed.  It's a flaw, but any solutions
involving being able to tweak uname settings without changing kernels
open up a whole can of security worms[*] which are, on the whole, worse
than living with some mildly outdated data.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


[*] J. Random Blackhat could fake you into thinking the system was
patched and up to date when in fact it was still vulnerable to exploitation.

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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