Allegedly, on or about 15 January 2016, Andrew R Paterson sent: > How about the creation date of /etc/redhat-release > Works for me!
Doesn't work for me, so you can't guarantee it'll work for others, either. That file comes from the fedora-release RPM package, which has already been shown to get updated post-installation date, so that file is potentially not going to have the install date. One could look for the earliest sane date in the /etc directory, though you have to be aware of systems that installed with the date set wrong, and packages that were prepared before installation, and may install with those filedates, rather than current system dates (not sure how it's supposed to work, whether all written files should have a local creation date). If there isn't anything that's actually meant to record an installation date, perhaps concerned people either want to lobby for it, or simply write some installation notes to file on the day of installing. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. If you don't understand how e-mail threading works, then follow the instructions given by those who do, and don't argue with them. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
