Re: Get ${OSREL} at install time

From: Felix Palmen <zirias_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:34:13 UTC
* Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> [20230418 16:26]:
> 18.04.2023 15:05, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> > Any sugestion or example that permits to get OSREL at install time?
> 
> # osrel=$(sysctl -n kern.osrelease)

Obtaining the information from the running kernel has the drawback of
possibly giving wrong results with pkg -c / pkg -r (installing in an
alternative root, e.g. a jail or boot environment).

Therefore, parsing /etc/os-release should be preferred.

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