Hi Kent,
Thanks for that tip off. After lots of digging around in google, I found
this site:
http://simon.nitro.dk/freebsd-tips.php
that mentions how to use script: newvers.sh
grep -E 'BRANCH|REVISION' /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh
Cool.
Cheers,
paul
-Original Message-
From: Kent Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 1:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Paul Hamilton
Subject: Re: script entry to finding the version after a cvsup
On Tuesday 01 June 2004 06:55 am, Paul Hamilton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have written a basic script to cvsup, buildworld and install the
> new kernel-world etc. I have introduced some basic logging, so I can
> track the time taken. Now I would like to track the version it was
> before the upgrade (ie. uname -r ), and what it is after the upgrade.
> Now, I can't use uname -r, because the server has to be restarted so
> it can pick up the new kernel etc.
>
> So my question is, where can I find a entry in the downloaded
> kernel/world source files that says that it is FreeBSD 4.9 p9 etc. I
> can't use stable-supfile, because it only records the 'branch' that
> is being upgraded, not the full version.
>
> Any clues?
Look at
/usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh
Kent
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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
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