On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:28:34PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:53:15PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > I just did a dist-upgrade of a spare box from Sarge to Etch. The contents > > of /etc/debian-version was 3.1 before the dist-upgrade and remain the > > same afterwards. Etch, of course, has no version number. So there is no > > way to test a script that has version dependency until it is released into > > stable. This is, I think, a very strange way to do business. > > > > So what? Etch has not been released? Perhaps it would be better if the > file were named debian_release. Regardless, the point is to be able to > differentiate among *stable* releases.
So it is really only useful to find out whether it's an obsolete version or not? Does anyone know if there are any scripts that actually use it? -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
