Re: Get ${OSREL} at install time

Reply: Felix Palmen : "Re: Get ${OSREL} at install time"
In reply to: Felix Palmen : "Re: Get ${OSREL} at install time"
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From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:41:15 UTC

18.04.2023 16:34, Felix Palmen wrote:

> * 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.

Even better, we have freebsd-version -u