Re: Determine system ver (Debian vs. other Linuxes) at runtime?
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:10:23 -0800
David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> wrote:
> I don't know of an API method for this (it may be that there is none)
> but one way you can try to tell is by running:
>
> strings /lib/libc.so.6 | egrep "^Compiled by". On Debian sarge you
> see:
>
> Compiled by GNU CC version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12).
>
> and on RedHat 7.3:
>
> Compiled by GNU CC version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113).
>
> Dunno about the rest of the distributions.
Good call. Here's what Ubuntu Breezy tells me:
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu
3.4.4-6ubuntu8).
Cybe R. Wizard
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