Re: Please add debian_releases to base-files (was Re: Bits from the release team: full steam ahead towards buster)

[Marvin Renich <mrvn@renich.org>]

* Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org> [180420 11:00]:
> On 20/04/18 16:46, Marvin Renich wrote:
> > I would also like /etc/debian_version to contain both number and name,
> > but I suspect there is some resistance to this on the grounds that
> > scripts may be using $(cat /etc/debian_version) for comparisons.
> > Perhaps /etc/debian_codename?  Since debian_version contains
> > codename/sid for testing and unstable, debian_codename could just
> > contain the codename.
> 
> You already have that information in /etc/os-release and the lsb_release command.

Thanks much!  I completely missed that.

Closing the bug now.  Sorry for the noise.

...Marvin