Re: How does /usr/bin/uname work in plain english?

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:13:09 +0000
On 14/01/2021 04:46, Warner Losh wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 8:22 PM bob prohaska <fbsd_at_www.zefox.net> wrote:
>
>> … uname -KU reports
>> 1300135 1300134
>> …
> __FreeBSD_version is defined in sys/param.h. For -U, uname prints that
> value. For -K, it asks the kernel for this value to print.
>
> MMmmnnn where MM is the major version, mm is minor, and nnn is incremental
> when the APIs change, approximately weekly.
>
> Warner


Thanks.

 From the example above – with the inferior number – should I guess that 
Bob has not (yet) performed the installworld part of a FreeBSD-CURRENT 
system update routine?

(Am I confused?)
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