Re: Debian testing - release number
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 12:49 PM Martin Krämer <mk.maddin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am wondering if it is possible to get the debian release number for debian testing (and maybe sid) from command line?
> I know that current testing is codename buster, while its release number is 10.
> I can get the codename from command line, but not that the corresponding release number is 10. I know I could match the codename to release numbers, but that is not a nice solution.
> For stable (stretch 9) and oldstable (jessie 8) etc. it is possible to get that number using different commands.
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> I additionally understand that it is not possible to display something like 10.1 or 10.2 since testing follows not the same release process as stable does.
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> Here are the commands & output I tested without success:
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> root@mybuster:~# cat /etc/debian_version
> buster/sid
Interesting. Even 9.2 and 9.3 servers installed here contain the following:
ngeovanis@maglab01:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
9.2
ngeovanis@maglab01:~$
> Thank you for any input :)
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