On Monday 29 August 2016 20:45:21 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> /etc/debian_version coincidentally adds the minor
> release
Whatever the reason, it is very helpful to some of us that it does so, so long
may it continue to do so!! :-)
Thank you for the helpful explanation, Andrew.
Lisi
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:27:39PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:27:31PM +0100, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
> > Felix Miata:
> >
> > >Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
> > >notes), why:
> > >1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at leas
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:27:31PM +0100, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
> Felix Miata:
>
> >Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
> >notes), why:
> >1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point release
> >version as represented by /etc/debian_
Felix Miata:
Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
notes), why:
1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point
release version as represented by /etc/debian_version
Andrew M.A. Cater:
/etc/os-release just contains major version - the absolute
On Wed 10 Aug 2016 at 14:31:29 (+0200), Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 10/08/2016 à 03:02, Seeker a écrit :
> >
> >On 8/9/2016 4:49 PM, David Wright wrote:
> >>On Tue 09 Aug 2016 at 13:27:34 (-0700), Seeker wrote:
> >>>
> >>>That was my first thought too, but looking up base-files for one of
> >>>the
Le 10/08/2016 à 03:02, Seeker a écrit :
On 8/9/2016 4:49 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Tue 09 Aug 2016 at 13:27:34 (-0700), Seeker wrote:
That was my first thought too, but looking up base-files for one of
the LTS releases on packages.ubuntu.com and reading
the change log, looks like to do updat
On 8/9/2016 4:49 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Tue 09 Aug 2016 at 13:27:34 (-0700), Seeker wrote:
On 8/9/2016 4:34 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 09/08/2016 à 10:44, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard a écrit :
Andrew M.A. Cater:
/etc/os-release just contains major version
You are going to have to expl
On Tue 09 Aug 2016 at 13:27:34 (-0700), Seeker wrote:
> On 8/9/2016 4:34 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> >Le 09/08/2016 à 10:44, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard a écrit :
> >>Andrew M.A. Cater:
> >>>/etc/os-release just contains major version
> >>
> >>You are going to have to explain that to its manual page
On 8/9/2016 4:34 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 09/08/2016 à 10:44, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard a écrit :
Andrew M.A. Cater:
/etc/os-release just contains major version
You are going to have to explain that to its manual page, which gives
VERSION_ID=11.04 as an example of what can be in the fi
Le 09/08/2016 à 10:44, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard a écrit :
Andrew M.A. Cater:
/etc/os-release just contains major version
You are going to have to explain that to its manual page, which gives
VERSION_ID=11.04 as an example of what can be in the file.
This is obviously not a Debian version. R
Andrew M.A. Cater:
/etc/os-release just contains major version
You are going to have to explain that to its manual page, which gives
VERSION_ID=11.04 as an example of what can be in the file.
You're going to have to explain it to the Ubuntu people, as well;
because they follow what the manu
On 8/1/2016 1:53 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Ben Finney composed on 2016-08-01 03:20 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
notes), why:
1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point
release version as represent
On Mon 01 Aug 2016 at 02:56:54 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release notes),
> why:
>
> 1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point
> release version as represented by /etc/debian_version
/etc/os-release is an out
Felix Miata writes:
> Given the many possible options[1] for that file's content, one would
> think there would be a way to get the extra detail in, maybe
> VERSION_ID=8 and VERSION="8.5 (Jessie)", or move "Jessie" to
> VERSION_CODENAME and put 8.5 as VERSION.
I don't understand what you're aski
Ben Finney composed on 2016-08-01 03:20 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
notes), why:
1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point
release version as represented by /etc/debian_version
The proximate
On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 02:56:54AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release notes),
> why:
>
> 1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point release
> version as represented by /etc/debian_version
>
/etc/os-release just
Felix Miata writes:
> Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release
> notes), why:
>
> 1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point
> release version as represented by /etc/debian_version
The proximate explanation is: Because the API for that file is
d
Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release notes), why:
1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point release
version as represented by /etc/debian_version
2: 8.5 (as installed here on host gx62b) is not using the (LTS) 4.4 kernel
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