Re: How to identify origin [Was: How to identify distro, lsb-release is broken]

2006-03-01 Thread Chris Lawrence
dpkg --status includes the Origin: header for those packages that specify it; reportbug already uses this to decide what BTS to use, but it could also be included in the report. Chri

How to identify origin [Was: How to identify distro, lsb-release is broken]

2006-02-23 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
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

Re: How to identify origin [Was: How to identify distro, lsb-release is broken]

2006-02-23 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: 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. mixed distribtions do