Re: Modifying /etc/debian_version

2001-03-10 Thread Joey Hess
Bill Wohler wrote: > What are the possible side-effects of modifying /etc/debian_version? You'll find that future debian upgrades will overwrite your changes without warning. I have fought as hard as I can to change the mind of the maintainer of the package that contains this file, to

Modifying /etc/debian_version

2001-03-08 Thread Bill Wohler
What are the possible side-effects of modifying /etc/debian_version? I just upgraded to woody (more on *that* later--picked a fine time to do it) and noticed that /etc/debian_version now contains testing/unstable instead of 2.2. Would it be a bad idea to change it to "woody"