Stephen Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > I need to find a way of identifying the name of an installed > distrobution. This mechanism should be able to differentiate > > woody > sarge > etch > sid > hoary > breezy > dapper
Even worse is when people mix up those releases and even distributions. How do I detect the origin of an install package? Could we patch apt-ftparchive to include the origin, maybe including the release, of a package in the Packages files and make apt/aptitude/... pass this along to dpkgs available file (and subsequently status file)? Alternatively apt/aptitude could add an origin line generated from the sources.list entry automatically but that would be les usefull for something like reportbug. Thoughts? MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]