On 9/30/07, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: base-files > Version: 4.0.1 > Severity: normal > > lsb-release README.Debian says: > > Distribution-specific information should be *separately provided* in > /etc/lsb-release; it is no longer provided in this package. It is my > hope that in Debian, this will be managed by the base-files > maintainer (who already maintains the debian_version file). > > If you agree, please add it here. Otherwise sort it out with Chris (CCed). > > In either case, we *do* need a /etc/lsb-release. There's code out there > that depends on it.
Note that /etc/lsb-release is not specified by the Linux Standard Base; only the lsb_release command is (and Debian's version of the lsb_release command doesn't require /etc/lsb-release to work, unless it's providing information about a derived distribution and not Debian proper). Any code that depends on the existence or content of /etc/lsb-release is IMHO broken. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
