Marti, Robert wrote: > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx > 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 <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. <snip> > Looks like it does both. And if this were a function in a program, I'd say it did *far* too much.... I dunno.... mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
