[SOLVED] What version?

gdiza · 05-09-2010, 05:25 AM

Ok!

So, being the complete n00b that I am, but knowing how to use Google.
I asked myself, what version of Gentoo am I actually using.

Google took me to a site where I was told to type:

Quote:

cat /proc/version

The output is:

Quote:

Linux version 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 (root@localhost) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Gentoo 4.3.4 p1.0, pie-10.1.5) ) #5 Mon Feb 8 17:44:45 SAST 2010

So... I know I use Gentoo, but what exactly am I using?

Very simple question, but I like to start at the bottom of this mess that I need to learn.

druuna · 05-09-2010, 05:33 AM

Hi,

There should be a file called /etc/gentoo-release which holds the version info.

Hope this helps.

gdiza · 05-09-2010, 07:53 AM

File says:

Quote:

Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1

But... can someone explain what this means then?

Quote:

Linux version 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 (root@localhost) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Gentoo 4.3.4 p1.0, pie-10.1.5) ) #5 Mon Feb 8 17:44:45 SAST 2010

Thanks!

druuna · 05-09-2010, 08:05 AM

Hi,

This file will not show you the name of the actual OS release, but will instead give you specifics about the version of Linux kernel used in your distribution, and confirm the version of a GCC compiler used to build it. (quoted from What you can learn from /proc/version)

Hope this helps.

gdiza · 05-09-2010, 08:10 AM

Thanks druuna, your post does help alot.

druuna · 05-09-2010, 08:25 AM

Jy is welkom

tommylovell · 05-09-2010, 09:49 AM

Quote:

There should be a file called /etc/gentoo-release which holds the version info.

And "cat /etc/*ease" is even a little move universal and works on Redhat, Fedora, SuSE an Ubuntu.

On Ubuntu.

Code:

tommy@tommy-laptop:~$ cat /etc/*ease
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

tommy@tommy-laptop:~$ ll /etc/*ease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97 2009-10-19 19:44 /etc/lsb-release

On Fedora, although a bit messy because someone there decided to get cute and put in some superfluous softlinks...

Code:

[root@athlonz ~]# cat /etc/*ease
Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)

[root@athlonz ~]# ll /etc/*ease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 2008-11-06 15:06 /etc/fedora-release
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2010-02-14 21:11 /etc/redhat-release -> fedora-release
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2010-02-14 21:11 /etc/system-release -> fedora-release

i92guboj · 05-10-2010, 01:51 AM

Gentoo has a rolling release model, which means that version numbers means nothing unless you are talking about concrete packages. In other words, once you emerge --sync and emerge -auDvN world you will have the same OS regardless of the installation media you used.

The commands above will give you the versions for the kernel and the baselayout package, but there are no numbered versions of Gentoo itself, other than for the installation media, and nothing from that will remain on the final OS once you install and update it.