Since, noone supplied a patch that will help users to find the
information when the tag changes from -STABLE/-CURRENT to -BETA
or -RC. I created a patch to newvers.sh that will display an
informitive message.
This patch changes the version string to include a message
that can be used to inform the admin on where to get more
information on the meaning of RC, BETA, & CURRENT.
Scot W. Hetzel
--- newvers.sh.orig Wed Mar 21 15:06:19 2001
+++ newvers.sh Tue Apr 10 19:11:54 2001
@@ -84,13 +84,27 @@
echo 0 > version
fi
+if [ "${BRANCH}" = "RC" -o "${BRANCH}" = "BETA" ] ; then
+ WARNING="\\n See the ${TYPE} Handbook for the meaning of \`${BRANCH}'"
+ WARNING="${WARNING}\\n [place url to handbook/faq explaining the meaning of
+${BRANCH} here]"
+ #WARNING="${WARNING}\\n
+http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html#${BRANCH}"
+ WARNING="${WARNING}\\n http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/preface.html#STABLE"
+fi
+
+if [ "${BRANCH}" = "CURRENT" ]; then
+ WARNING="\\n ${BRANCH} is a development version of ${TYPE}."
+ WARNING="${WARNING}\\n ${BRANCH} is not recommened for use on production
+systems."
+ WARNING="${WARNING}\\n
+http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html#AEN12985"
+ WARNING="${WARNING}\\n http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/preface.html#CURRENT"
+fi
+
touch version
v=`cat version` u=${USER-root} d=`pwd` h=`hostname` t=`date`
cat << EOF > vers.c
$COPYRIGHT
char sccspad[32 - 4 /* sizeof(sccs) */] = { '\\0' };
char sccs[4] = { '@', '(', '#', ')' };
-char version[] = "${VERSION} #${v}: ${t}\\n ${u}@${h}:${d}\\n";
+char version[] = "${VERSION} #${v}: ${t}\\n ${u}@${h}:${d}${WARNING}\\n";
char ostype[] = "${TYPE}";
char osrelease[] = "${RELEASE}";
int osreldate = ${RELDATE};
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