SUMMARY: uname -a output for V4.0C?

From: John Kohl <jtk_at_atria.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:14:49 -0400

Summary answer:
uname -a on V4.0C returns:
      OSF1 hostname V4.0 564.32 alpha

The Digital UNIX FAQ (recently updated on comp.unix.osf.osf1,
Message-ID: <5rnnnc$i7c_at_usenet.pa.dec.com>) has listings of other OS
revisions/versions (V2.0 through V4.0B)

FYI, field test of Digital UNIX V4.0D (called T4.0-2) yields:
        % uname -a
        OSF1 cortland T4.0 757.2 alpha
        % sizer -v
        Digital UNIX T4.0D-2 (Rev. 757.2); Fri Jul 25 15:03:41 EDT 1997
but of course the revision will change before the final version of V4.0D
ships.

Martin Moore <martin_at_decatl.alf.dec.com> of Digital noted that 'sizer
-v' might be useful, and that 'uname -r' will be fixed in some future release:

        From: Martin Moore <martin_at_decatl.alf.dec.com>
        Subject: Re: uname -a output for V4.0C?
        To: jtk_at_atria.com (John Kohl)
        Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:57:56 -0400 (EDT)

> Also, to anybody listening at Digital: GET WITH IT ALREADY! Having the
> 'uname -r' command say V4.0 or V3.2 is nearly useless when you start
> releasing V4.0A, V4.0B, V4.0C, V4.0D which have relevant differences.
> PLEASE fix 'uname -r' to have the full revision name.

        This is coming in a future version. As a workaround in 4.0 and up,
        you can do sizer -v to get the full version info:

        (8)# sizer -v
        Digital UNIX V4.0B (Rev. 564); Fri Jul 18 16:38:43 EDT 1997

        Martin
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