Package: base-files Version: 6.5 Severity: wishlist Several pieces of software have started standardizing on a file /etc/os-release containing distribution release information. This file serves a similar function to running /usr/bin/lsb_release and parsing its output, but as a simple text file without the need to run a program just to read a bit of text. systemd originated this standard, and many other distributions and programs have adopted it. This file needs to live in some essential package installed by default, and since base-files contains /etc/debian_version, base-files seems like the right package to ship /etc/os-release as well.
This manpage specifies the format: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html A sample version of this file, suitable for a stable wheezy system: NAME=Debian VERSION="7 (wheezy)" ID=debian VERSION_ID=7 PRETTY_NAME="Debian 7 (wheezy)" ANSI_COLOR="1;31" Optionally, NAME and PRETTY_NAME could say "Debian GNU/Linux" on GNU/Linux systems, and other variations on other kernels Debian supports. ID should always contain "debian", though. The 7 in VERSION and VERSION_ID (and PRETTY_NAME) represents the numeric version number from /etc/debian_version. (It can use 7.0, 7.0.1, or similar values as well.) testing/unstable systems should leave out VERSION_ID (which must contain a numeric value), but could specify VERSION as a non-numeric value similar to that used in /etc/debian_version ("wheezy/sid" or "testing/unstable"). - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii gawk [awk] 1:3.1.8+dfsg-0.1 base-files recommends no packages. base-files suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
