uname(1) does not show system is patched via freebsd-update(8)

[martinko]

Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> On 31/12/2009 11:40 π.μ., martinko wrote:
>> Hallo,
>>
>> The system here seems to be patched yet I do not see the information
>> in uname(1) output (see below). Is this a bug or my error or what ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
> This is normal. The patch level shown is not updated, unless one of the
> following applies:
>
> 1. You are running a GENERIC kernel *and* the kernel was updated as part
> of the freebsd-update patching process (This was not the case with
> 8.0-RELEASE-p1, these patches did not affect the kernel)
> 2. You rebuild your kernel after the update (you may rebuild GENERIC or
> your own custom kernel). Assuming you have the sources installed,
> freebsd-update will update them along with the binaries. The patch level
> is in the file /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh. Check it out and you will
> see a line "BRANCH=RELEASE-p1". This is what will be used if you rebuild
> your kernel.
>
> Keep in mind that if the sole purpose of this is to have the patch level
> info handy, you may simply override the value returned by uname -r using
> i.e. the following:
>
> export UNAME_r=8.0-RELEASE-p1
>
> but you have to remember to keep this synchronized with the actual patch
> level :)
>

Thanks for the explanation!  It all make sense now.

Still I believe that correct info should be displayed by uname(1) 
somehow now that we have binary updates available.

Regards,

Martin