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 some magic command a la lsb_release which > could have helped for this). Well I guess I'll have to rely on some > heuristic like those for now. I would have thought that looking for the various /etc/release types of file that you know about would have been the simplest solutions. Surely, you'd know what to expect for all the releases that you're supporting? 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. I don't remember where I read that, but it was most likely a reference found on this list. -- [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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
