JFYI: today klive recorded this /proc/version: Linux version 2.6.15-deb-reiser4 (2.6.15-deb-reiser4-10.00.Custom) (root@master) (gcc-Version 4.0.3 20060115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-7)) #1 PREEMPT Wed Jan 25 17:56:04 CET 2006 This generated a new branch called 2.6.15-deb-reiser4-10.00.Custom and screwed stats a lilttle bit. I'm going to fixup by ignoring /proc/version when strings like the above are passed.