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Re: r48657 - in trunk/packages/os-prober: debian os-probes/init/common



Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

> Colin Watson wrote:
>>   - Tighten check for whether we're running in d-i; anna-install isn't
>>     quite enough because if you're running d-i code outside d-i it's
>>     sometimes reasonable to install a shim for anna-install.
>
>> -	if type anna-install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>> +	if type anna-install >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -d /lib/debian-installer ]; then
>
> This still feels very ad-hoc. What about looking for
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
> in /etc/lsb-release? Or are derived distros changing that?

I think Ubuntu should be doing it.

We might then change it to /etc/debian-installer-version file or
something that would be keep available everywhere.

Thoughts?

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