getting the running patch level

[Henrik Andersen]

Hi all,

You can find the current patch level in /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh ex:
  TYPE="FreeBSD"
  REVISION="8.3"
  BRANCH="RELEASE-p4"

uname -v on the same server:
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 9 21:23:18 UTC 2012
root at mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC

If I read the handbook correctly this should always be true on systems
using freebsd-update.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html

Regards,
Henrik

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:02 AM, cronfy <cronfy at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Hi all,
> >> I would like to know if there is a command or a way to retrieve the
> "patch
> >> level" (the handbook defines it "builds names" like 7.0-RELEASE-p1) of
> the
> >> running system: just an example, if I run:
> >> # freebsd-update fetch
> >> No updates needed to update system to 9.0-RELEASE-p4
> >> or:
> >> ...
> >> The following files will be updated as part of updating to
> 9.0-RELEASE-p4:
> >> ...
> >> but this give me no info about the current system; I tried a brief
> search in
> >> config file but no luck;
> >> again the question is:
> >> is there a way to determine for a running server which "patch level" is
> >> currently at ?
> > uname -a
>
> Unfortunately there is no trivial way. uname -a will show you correct
> patch level only if kernel was changed at this patch level.
>
> So the only way is to see what updates freebsd-update offers to you
> and try to guess, on which patch level you are on now.
>
> --
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