Re: Kali, Redux
On Wednesday 04 November 2015 16:35:57 David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 04 Nov 2015 at 22:56:42 (+0200), David Baron wrote:
> > So, I easily edited the text in /etc/issue to something more to my liking.
> > This is just text, no meaning.
> >
> > Watching a cmake session, I noticed the distribution being called, you
> > guessed it: Kali ...
> >
> > Found another file: ~$ cat /etc/os-release
> > PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux 2.0 (sana)"
> > NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
> > ID=kali
> > VERSION="2.0 (sana)"
> > VERSION_ID="2.0"
> > ID_LIKE=debian
> > ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
> > HOME_URL="http://www.kali.org/";
> > SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.kali.org/";
> > BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.kali.org/";
> >
> > Actually a symlink to /usr/lib/os-release
> >
> > So where did I get this?
>
> dpkg -S <filename> shows that they both belong to the "base-files"
> package.
This package is no longer on the repos!!
> > Do I need it?
>
> That depends on the applications you run which might read it.
cmake, for one.
But that is not on the list. Removing base-files will ...
Remv rsync [3.1.1-3]
Remv lib32nss-mdns [0.10-6]
Remv libnss-mdns-i386:i386 [0.10-6]
Remv libnss-mdns:i386 [0.10-6]
Remv libnss-mdns [0.10-6]
Remv base-files [1:2.0] [bsd-mailx:amd64 dpkg-dev:amd64 bash:amd64 ]
Remv foomatic-db-engine [4.0.12-2] [bsd-mailx:amd64 dpkg-dev:amd64 bash:amd64
]
Remv bash-completion [1:2.1-4.2] [bsd-mailx:amd64 dpkg-dev:amd64 bash:amd64 ]
Remv bash [4.3-14] [bsd-mailx:amd64 dpkg-dev:amd64 ]
Remv bsd-mailx [8.1.2-0.20150408cvs-1] [dpkg-dev:amd64 ]
Remv build-essential [12.1] [dpkg-dev:amd64 ]
Remv dh-make [1.20150601] [dpkg-dev:amd64 ]
Remv debhelper [9.20151005] [dpkg-dev:amd64 dh-strip-nondeterminism:amd64 ]
Remv dh-strip-nondeterminism [0.013-1] [dpkg-dev:amd64 ]
Remv dpkg-dev [1.18.3]
So for a package that is no longer there, quite a problem!
> > If I do, what should it be for Debian Sid?
>
> Take a look at its "base-files". Whether installing it is useful depends,
> I guess, on how much your installation actually looks like sid, and
> how much any differences matter.
So, now what :-)
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