Distribution name and version
Burchard Steinbild
bs at suse.de
Mon Mar 22 10:01:21 PST 1999
Hello,
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Seva wrote:
> Is there any reason why a package whould need to know exact distribution
> name and version? Something like RHS's /etc/redhat-release?
That's the target of LSB: to make exactly this unneccessary :)
> -r, --release print the operating system release
> -s, --sysname print the operating system name
>
> add:
>
> -R, --RELEASE print the distribution system release
I'd prefer LSB release.
> -S, --SYSNAME print the distribution system name
"LSB"
>
> which could just read it from /etc/dist-release
>
> /Simon Epsteyn
>
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cu
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