RE: script entry to finding the version after a cvsup
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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
script entry to finding the version after a cvsup
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? Cheers, Paul Hamilton ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
