On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:26:14PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Jerome BENOIT: > > > > I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. > > My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", > > which is valid release for Sarge: > > 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ? > > This is not yet decided, I think. The file is part of the package > base-files and will be updated if there is a consesus on the version > number for etch. > > > 2] does it really matter ? > > No. The file is just there to help scripts find out the version > currently installed but I am not aware of any important things depending > on it. >
This seems to me to be a very un-Debian state of affairs. Is there a bug report about this? Is it help to a script to give a manifestly wrong answer to such a straightforward question? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
