On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steve Bertrand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin wrote: > > > > Hello guyz, > > > > Here's a short question (was unable to find a google) > > > > uname states my kernes as being: Freebsd-7.1-STABLE #4 > > > > What exactly is that "#4" mean ? > > > > Recompiled it 20 min. ago, so I figure it has something to do with > > maybe, I don't know, some sub-version of the sources ? > > No. It means that this is the fourth time that you've recompiled the > kernel (IIRC). > > You will see #5 if you do another recompile. > > Steve > Actually this is the 5th time --- computers start counting at zero. #0 first time #1 second time #2 third time #3 fourth time #4 fifth time.... and on... To reset this, you have to remove the build directory for the kernel and re-config, recompile. This number has NOTHING to do with the state of the sources, it just keeps track of how many times the kernel has been built from the same build directory. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
