On 2/23/06, Stephen Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to find a way of identifying the name of an installed > distrobution. This mechanism should be able to differentiate > > woody > sarge > etch > sid > hoary > breezy > dapper > > Prior to etch I was using lsb-release but it seems /etc/lsb-release is > no longer installed by 'apt-get install lsb-release'. The README.Debian > file provides the following background information: > > > Distribution-specific information should be *separately provided* in > > /etc/lsb-release; it is no longer provided in this package. It is my > > hope that in Debian, this will be managed by the base-files > > maintainer (who already maintains the debian_version file). > > I don't pretend to understand the reason for this change but I do know > that my identification mechanism is now broken on etch. > > Can anyone suggest a more reliable mechanism?
Running 'lsb_release -cs' doesn't work for you? Chris
