[Steve Greenland] > Still pointless, because there is basically no reliable connection > between the contents of /etc/debian_version and what packages are > installed.
You seem to still discuss this issue as related to making decisions on package behavior. That is not the point I am trying to make, and in that frame I understand why you fail to see the point. My point is that it is useful to know what major release of Debian a machine is using, and for that to work it is better to store that information in a simple package which can be modified whenever the release information changes, and to make sure no other information is coded in that package (so the version info should be moved out of the base-files package). If we had that kind of information, I suspect we could make better informed decisions on security support for different major releases. :) Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
