-----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:50 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: /etc/redhat-release John, inode0 wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:14 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> <snip> >>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS) >>> <Matthew.Stainforth@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> The "pain point" I mentioned was the inconsistent treatment of >>>>> /etc/redhat-release which causes maintenance work for those of us >>>>> who do need to parse it in scripts over time. We can expect >>>>> distinct cases for each major release of RHEL but there have also >>>>> been occasions where this file has changed in unpredictable ways >>>>> across minor update levels as well. >> <snip> >> Y'know, when all you want is lsb_release, and I know I'd noticed it >> when I installed it on some of our servers, but this finally >> penetrated, so I just did rpm -qi -R redhat-lsb. Can *ANYONE* explain >> to me why it needs libX11? I mean, it's a bloody command line shell >> script that prints to STDOUT! > > Having the redhat-lsb package installed is *supposed* to mean your > system is LSB compliant. That entails a lot more than that one shell > script. Yeah, but that package, AFAIK, isn't supposed to *make* it compliant, just check if everything's there. mark -- Name : redhat-lsb Arch : x86_64 Version : 3.1 Release : 12.3.EL Size : 21 k Repo : rhel-x86_64-server-5 Summary : LSB support for Red Hat Linux License : GPL Description: The Linux Standards Base (LSB) is an attempt to develop a set of : standards that will increase compatibility among Linux : distributions. The redhat-lsb package provides utilities needed for : LSB Compliant Applications. It also contains requirements that : will ensure that all components required by the LSB that are : provided by Red Hat Linux are installed on the system. Looks like it does both. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
