to, 2005-03-31 kello 21:07 +0000, Michael Ablassmeier kirjoitti: > On 2005-03-31, Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.iki.fi> wrote: > > Given that the sysadmin can and does edit it as they wish, that is > > pretty useless. > > yes, but this might happen to `/etc/lsb-release' too. That would be classified as the sysadmin intentionally breaking their system, then. /etc/issue is meant for the sysadmin to edit. It is free form text. /etc/lsb-release is not.