Re: freebsd-version(1) enchancement

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:55:42 +0100
Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial_at_gmail.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no> writes:
> > Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial_at_gmail.com> writes:
> > > Would it make sense to also include the svnversion(1) of the
> > > system sources in the version output?
> > No.  It is not available in the most important use case for
> > freebsd-version(1), i.e. freebsd-update builds.
> I didn't express myself well enough I guess.

I understood you perfectly, but the svn revision number is not available
to the freebsd-update build, nor to users who build from a git checkout.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Tue Nov 12 2013 - 10:55:39 UTC

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