On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:06:06AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > need both update and upgrade. Do not rely on /etc/debian_version to tell you > > what version of debian you are running. It is a user controlled file. Once > > it is installed in the initial install, it is not changed by the apt-get > > system. > > Yes it is, it's upgraded whenever base-files is upgraded.
Is base-files revised as part of the move to a new r-number? I'm sure I installed sarge from a 31r2 netinst disk recently, yet my /etc/debian_version contains "3.1", without any r-number at all. Of course, if there were a bug in base-files that needed fixing, the package would need upgrading. But upgrading just to fix the r-number? The ctime of my /etc/debian_version is 2004-07-26 12:03, which is consistent with my recollection of when sarge went into a pre-release freeze about a year before it was released. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
