Additional flag after 6.2-RELEASE-xx

[Hugo Silva]

Anjang Aki wrote:
> Hi! Can I know what is this flag after 6.2-RELEASE meaning?
>
> $ uname -r
> 6.2-RELEASE-p7
>
> How come my box doesn't have the flag?
> $ uname -r
> 6.2-RELEASE
>
> if this is mean kernel updating/compiling hopefully someone can link
> me to the URL guide to upgrade my box.
>
> Thank you and regards,
>
>   
Hello,

-pX is the patchlevel. Both your systems are on RELENG_6_2, one has been 
updated, the other has not.

See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html

Regards,

Hugo