Re: how to detect a debian kernel from `uname -r`
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:46:04PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> 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?
10:49 < waldi> Linux version 2.6.13-1-powerpc64 (Debian 2.6.13-1)
(waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.0.2 20050821 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-6))
#1 SMP Wed Sep 14 09:28:56 UTC 2005
> 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.
Indeed.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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