Modifying /etc/debian_version

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

  What are the possible side-effects of modifying /etc/debian_version?

  I just upgraded to woody (more on *that* later--picked a fine time
  to do it) and noticed that /etc/debian_version now contains
  testing/unstable instead of 2.2.

  Would it be a bad idea to change it to "woody"?

  Might I suggest a value like 2.2.90 (for an expected version of 2.3)
  or 2.90 (for an expected version 3.0) or just woody if the expected
  version is unknown in woody. Similarly, for sid.

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