Re: FreeBSD-update?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013, at 20:41, Da Rock wrote:
> On 04/25/13 09:07, Mike Brown wrote:
> > Da Rock wrote:
> >> sysctl kern.version
> > For me, that's the same info as in uname -a.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > grep -v # /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh | head -4
> That shows even less. But the point of the OP was having a file in etc 
> with the info on version, which I fell could be redundant given the 
> excessive detail available in sysctl which is what it is meant for. 
> uname actually refers to the sysctl as a neat command for a shell user, 
> doesn't it?
>

The point is that the uname and sysctl output is inaccurate. If the
latest release is -p6 and the kernel hasn't been touched since -p4, both
uname and the sysctl only show -p4. It's impossible to tell otherwise
that the system is really -p6 if you don't have /usr/src/.
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