>> 	const char version[] =     "NetBSD 1.5ZA (GENERIC) #0: Thu Feb 14 13:44:08 EST 2002\n    andrew@this:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC\n";
>> 	#
>
>Ah, and this is being generated by conf/newvers.sh.  It doesn't appear that
>I can override this string without changing the generated C file
>(overwritten everytime I build a new kernel) or changing the shell script
>(not ideal).  I was hoping to see something like:
>
>default_version="${ost} ${osr} (${id}) #${v}: ${t}\\n    ${u}@${h}:${d}\\n"
>version="${MY_HAPPY_VERSION:-${default_version}}"
>
>echo \
>  "const char version[] = \
>    \"${version}\\n\";" \
>  >> vers.c

there's no reason you can't do something like that all by yourself...
:)

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