Re: Version & Distribution identification

[John H Terpstra <jht@turbolinux.com>]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> 
> > Apologies if this has been discussed before, but a couple of things
> > that I think would be useful as part of the LSB specification:
> > 
> > - a file which identifies the version of the LSB to which
> >   the distribution is compliant against.
> > 
> > - a file which contains the name and version of the distribution which
> >   would provide a standard way of working out which distro is installed.
> > 
> > I'd be happy to write up this formally for the specification if people
> > think its a good idea.
> 
> I think it is a good idea. Some distributors already started this by
> creating a file /etc/<distribution>-release. For example, SuSE has the
> following:
> 
> # cat /etc/SuSE-release 
> SuSE Linux 6.4 (i386)
> VERSION = 6.4
> 
> However, the file name is of course different on other distributions :)
> I guess it is /etc/RedHat-release on Red Hat.
> 
> About the first question: what about /etc/FHS-Release? This could be part
> of the LSB-compatibility package.
> 
> Bye,
> 	LenZ
> -- 

For TurboLinux this file is /etc/turbolinux-release.

cheers,
John H Terpstra