Re: Version & Distribution identification
I have a similar proposal:
- The file /etc/release will exist and can be used to identify the
version of the LSB against which the distribution is compliant;
and to identify the name of the distributor and version number
of the installed distribution. It is a text file containing lines
of the following format:
KEY="VALUE"
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| KEY | VALUE |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| LSB_VERSION | Numerical version number of the lsb release |
| | against which the distribution is designed |
| | against |
| DISTRIBUTOR_ID | String ID of distributor |
| VERSION | Numerical version number |
| NAME | Single line text description of distribution |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
Each KEY appears once in the file.
It is the same as Christopher Yeoh's except it only uses a single file
and have a different key-name for lsb-version.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@linuxcare.com.au>
Subject: Re: Version & Distribution identification
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:06:27 +0930
> How does the following look for a more formal specification based on
> people's comments so far?
>
>
> - The file /etc/lsb-release will exist and can be used to identify the
> version of the LSB against which the distribution is compliant. It
> is a text file containing lines of the following format:
>
> KEY="VALUE"
>
> +----------+----------------------------------------------------+
> | KEY | VALUE |
> +----------+----------------------------------------------------+
> | VERSION | Numerical version number of the lsb release |
> | | against which the distribution is designed against |
> +----------+----------------------------------------------------+
>
> Each KEY appears once in the file.
>
> - The file /etc/distribution-release will exist and can be used
> to identify the name of the distributor and version number
> of the installed distribution. It is a text file containing lines
> of the following format:
>
> KEY="VALUE"
>
> +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
> | KEY | VALUE |
> +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
> | DISTRIBUTOR_ID | String ID of distributor |
> | VERSION | Numerical version number |
> | NAME | Single line text description of distribution |
> +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
>
> Each KEY appears once in the file.
>
> A couple of questions:
>
> - Is the /etc/lsb-release file needed given that the same
> information is most likely available through the package
> manager? Is it just easier to get the information out of a simple
> text file?
>
> - Would this belong in the LSB spec or in the Linux annex
> of the FHS?
>
> Chris.
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>
>
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