Am Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2006 10:16 schrieb Stephen Birch: > Miles Bader([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2006-02-23 17:41: > > Stephen Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I need to find a way of identifying the name of an installed > > > distrobution. This mechanism should be able to differentiate > > > > To what end? Many people do not run "pure" releases, so the concept of > > a distro version is rather shaky at best (especially in debian which > > emphasizes fine-grained upgrades). > > We use apt to distribute internal software used in our organization. > > The build dependancies vary slightly for each distro so we simply use > the distro ident when compiling to arrange for the correct tools to be > installed.
If you depend on specific versions of libs or tools, why not test those versions directly? Software like autoconf exists for exactly this purpose. HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
