Tim:
>> In the last few days, I had read a page discussing a more universal
>> single /etc/release file, that would use the one filename for all
>> distros, and have parameters inside it that were specific to the
>> particular release.
T.C. Hollingsworth:
> That would be /etc/os-release:
> http://
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:07:21 +0100
Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
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> I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native
> packaging system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all that
> testing the presence of {rpm/yum}|{apt-get} is
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On 03/14/2013 11:33 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
> On 14.03.2013 19:25, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
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>> Yes I imagined that detecting /var/lib/rpm was one way to deal
>> with the problem (but not /etc/*-release as this is exactly what
>> I want t
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On 03/14/2013 09:03 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
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> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
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> Is there a place where this can be escalated and discussed ?
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> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/distribution
On 03/14/2013 06:27 PM, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
Interesting, I'll have a look. But the downside you mention is exactly
the one I want to avoid. Having to handle a mapping between
distributions and packaging systems. See the other message I just
posted...
I think that's the crux of this prob
On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 19:25 +0100, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
> Yes I imagined that detecting /var/lib/rpm was one way to deal with
> the problem (but not /etc/*-release as this is exactly what I want to
> avoid: having to map distributions to packaging system).
>
> I was hoping that there was s
On 14.03.2013 19:25, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
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> Yes I imagined that detecting /var/lib/rpm was one way to deal with
> the problem (but not /etc/*-release as this is exactly what I want to
> avoid: having to map distributions to packaging system).
Maybe you have your reasons that I don't under
Hi
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote:
> Is there a place where this can be escalated and discussed ?
>
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/distributions
Rahul
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On 03/14/2013 07:48 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 14.03.2013 19:25, schrieb Theodore Papadopoulo:
>> Yes I imagined that detecting /var/lib/rpm was one way to deal
>> with the problem (but not /etc/*-release as this is exactly what
>> I want to a
Am 14.03.2013 19:25, schrieb Theodore Papadopoulo:
> Yes I imagined that detecting /var/lib/rpm was one way to deal with
> the problem (but not /etc/*-release as this is exactly what I want to
> avoid: having to map distributions to packaging system).
>
> I was hoping that there was some magic c
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On 03/14/2013 06:39 PM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> On 03/14/2013 04:43 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:24 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> presence of /var/lib/rpm /etc/os-release /etc/redhat-release
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>> And perhaps a run-time c
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On 03/14/2013 05:43 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:24 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
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>>> I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native
>>> packaging system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all
>>> that testing
On 03/14/2013 04:43 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:24 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
presence of /var/lib/rpm
/etc/os-release
/etc/redhat-release
And perhaps a run-time check, such as an RPM based query, which would
only work if the RPM database is filled with details about
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:24 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> > I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native packaging
> > system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all that testing the
> > presence of {rpm/yum}|{apt-get} is reliable as for example I can
> > install apt-get of my fed
Am 14.03.2013 16:07, schrieb Theodore Papadopoulo:
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> I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native packaging
> system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all that testing the
> presence of {rpm/yum}|{apt-get} is reliable as for e
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I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native packaging
system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all that testing the
presence of {rpm/yum}|{apt-get} is reliable as for example I can
install apt-get of my fedora computer.
So t
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