Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:19:07PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 07:43:31AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > Not a good idea. Why clutter the namespace of versions in order to adapt to
> > > non-debian needs. ? What is it you intent to do anyway ?
>
> Thanks to Bastian Blank, code was added to make your life easier,
> /proc/version now shows the debian version after the kernel version as :
>
> (Debian 2.6.13-1)
>
> For example, not yet in released packages, and will not account for self
> compiled kernels from the debian sources, but it should be usefull to you.
Yes, that's nice thanks!
Could you show me a full /proc/version?
It's unfortunate my current client isn't logging /proc/version yet, so I
should update the client soon. Logging /proc/version is a good idea
anyway to know the compiler used.
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