Re: /etc/debian_version for Etch
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:26:14PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Jerome BENOIT:
> >
> > I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question.
> > My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1",
> > which is valid release for Sarge:
> > 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ?
>
> This is not yet decided, I think. The file is part of the package
> base-files and will be updated if there is a consesus on the version
> number for etch.
>
> > 2] does it really matter ?
>
> No. The file is just there to help scripts find out the version
> currently installed but I am not aware of any important things depending
> on it.
>
This seems to me to be a very un-Debian state of affairs. Is there a bug
report about this? Is it help to a script to give a manifestly wrong
answer to such a straightforward question?
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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