On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:18:22PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Can anyone think of a good way to implement an installworld /
> installkernel seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current?
> 
> What I'm looking for is a way for installworld and installkernel in the
> current source to look for some signature in the target filesystem that
> suggests that a stable world is about to be upgraded to current.
> 
> I want this because far too many people, far too frequently, update
> their source to HEAD by mistake and then end up with current when they
> really wanted stable. [1]
> 
> If this can be done cleanly, I'd like to do it.
> 
> If not, I don't want it to be a hack.
> 
> So, ideas on infallible signatures?
> 

/usr/bin/uname -r
/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/uname/uname -r

-- 
Steve

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