[pf4freebsd] Re: 'Version' enhancement request

[pf-r at solarflux.org]

Thanks, Max.  I've installed 1.63 and have verified that both methods work as
expected.  Will add this info to the pf-r:

# dmesg|grep VER
pflog: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
pfsync: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
pfaltq: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
pf: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $

# ident /sbin/pf*|grep VER (should get two responses, for pfctl and pflogd)
     $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
     $Name: VERSION_1_63 $


Max, /sbin/pftcpdump doesn't have a $Name: VERSION_1_63 string.  Not sure about
any of the contrib binaries, haven't rebuilt pftop nor built any others to check.

-S

Quoting Max Laier <max at love2party.net>:

> Hello,
> 
> good point! But we don't want to modify pfctl (or any of the sources) more
> than needed to make it work, hence I added another way to get version
> information:
> 1) The kernel modules will printf the following (watch your console or use
> dmesg(8)):
> pflog: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
> pfsync: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
> pfaltq: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
> pf: $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
> 2) All binary files can be identified useing RCS ident(1):
> $ident /sbin/pfctl
> /sbin/pfctl:
> (...)
>      $Name: VERSION_1_63 $
> 
> I revised pf_freebsd_1.63.tar.gz new tarball has:
> MD5 (pf_freebsd_1.63.tar.gz) = cad275628e25058b6416457417cf93a6
> 
> This might not be the cleanest possible way, but it works.