Re: uname -a has changed?

From: Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:07:10 UTC

> On 17 Mar 2023, at 16:01, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 03:47:21PM +0200, Daniel Braniss wrote:
>> im running latest 13.2-stable and just realized that uname -a is missing some info, like version, date, source
>> 
>> 13.1:
>> hms-00# uname -a
>> FreeBSD hms-00 13.1-STABLE FreeBSD 13.1-STABLE #10 huji-13-f44f97837: Fri May  6 10:37:35 IDT 2022     danny@hms-00:/home/obj/hms-00/h/rnd/git/stable/13/amd64.amd64/sys/HUJI amd64
>> 
>> 13.2:
>> pe-44# uname -a
>> FreeBSD pe-44 13.2-STABLE FreeBSD 13.2-STABLE huji-13-e0ed1dd5d2 HUJI amd64
>> 
>> did I miss something?
> 
> By default (IIRC), stable/* builds support "reproducible builds."
> 
> The output of "uname -a" from a reproducible build lacks artifcacts that
> are specific to that particular build; rather, it should be identical to
> a build done from a different machine (using the same sources -- and of
> the same architecture).
> 
> To restore the information (for future builds), append
> 
> WITHOUT_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD=yes
> 
> to /etc/src.conf.
> 
> (For further details, see src.conf(5); look for
> "WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD".)
> 

will try right away,

thanks,
	danny

> Peace,
> david
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