The version of 10.15.45 that is obtained from the apt-get ubuntu archive (USA) is way different from the same one downloaded from berkeley.

jstateson@jyslinux3:~/Desktop/BOINC_5_download$ ls -l boinc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jstateson jstateson 1911272 2008-03-05 11:13 boinc
jstateson@jyslinux3:~/Desktop/BOINC_5_download$ ./boinc --version
5.10.45 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

jstateson@jyslinux3:~/Desktop/BOINC_5_download$ ls -l /usr/bin/boinc_client_5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 540464 2008-04-18 11:03 /usr/bin/boinc_client_5
jstateson@jyslinux3:~/Desktop/BOINC_5_download$ /usr/bin/boinc_client_5 --version
5.10.45 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

I assume the boinc client was tweeked and that accounts for the date difference and the size difference.

The name are different as
"boinc" came from the Berkeley 10.15.45 download for the older version 5

"boinc_client_5" was from the ubuntu apt-get USA archive and I renamed it from boinc_client as I am currently running 6.2.15 (also from Berkeley as the ubuntu archive does not have that version yet)


Anyway, my complaint is that the --version should not show the same version number since they are obviously different. A new switch such as --whodunit that shows the compiler options used or gives the perps name would be nice.

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Joseph "Beemer Biker" Stateson

The version of 10.15.45

Either you went into the future and brought back goodies, or is this a (very consistent) typo you make? 5.10.45 is the last of the BOINC 5 series, release by Berkeley.

As far as I know there isn't a policy on numbering although the BOINC developers try to keep their numbering away from the optimized versions that are around. So if an optimizer releases 6.2.19, the next version of Berkeley BOINC is 6.2.20.

Other than that, the Linux people just number as is, as far as I know.

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Ubuntu compiles BOINC itself, even using local modifications. It definitely doesn't use the binary as it comes from BOINC website. No Linux distro I know uses binaries provided by any upstream project. They always compile from source.

An example of a difference: Binaries provided directly from the project website are usually statically linked with libraries so you can run it even if you don't have all the needed libraries. Binaries from apt-get are dynamically linked to everything, and the needed libraries are installed separately using dependencies.

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