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://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html Yes, that was it. Sounds just like what they original poster wants, but probably hasn't been implemented enough for them to use. But, to my mind, if I was having to support numerous OSs, rather than trying to poll package managers databases, and make guesses about which distro it was (and release version, etc), it'd be far easier to find out what release file they each use, and search for them (in the absence of a universal release file). It'd only be one file per release, and surely each release file would be unique enough to identify it clearly. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
