Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > (For those who don't follow the thread about preseeding X debconf > values, I need a way to support both woody, sarge and future releases > and I need a way to know the current release) > > Can I count on /etc/debian_version holding specific and well known > values?
No, it only tells you the release base-files thinks to belong to. Users can mix packages from all releases on their systems (modulo dependencies). > (aside from the case a stupid user changes the contents of the file) > If not, is there *any* other way to know the debian release version > (aside from keeping huge package version maps)? You would have to track the version of the packages you are interested in. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
