Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-24:01.bhyveload

[I promise this is the last time I will write about this!]

On 2/18/24 09:38, George Mitchell wrote:
> On 2/16/24 08:48, George Mitchell wrote:
>> For a complicated reason, I avoid "freebsd-update" and update the
>> kernel and the world from source.
>> [... discussion proving I am an idiot ...]
>> Is there a hack that lets me fool freebsd-version into reporting -p10
>> instead of -p9?                                            -- George
>> [...]
> 
> The hack (and it's ridiculously ugly) is to edit /bin/freebsd-version
> and change:
> USERLAND_VERSION="13.2-RELEASE-p9"
> to:
> USERLAND_VERSION="13.2-RELEASE-p10"
> 
> Sorry for inflicting this on all of you ...              -- George

The less distressing way to do this, even though it's still a hack, is:

cd /usr/src/bin/freebsd-version
make
make install

It synthesizes USERLAND_VERSION from REVISION and BRANCH in newvers.sh,
which I had properly updated with my "gitup release".

We now return you to our regularly-scheduled programming.      -- George