How does the following look for a more formal specification based on people's comments so far?
- The file /etc/lsb-release will exist and can be used to identify the version of the LSB against which the distribution is compliant. It is a text file containing lines of the following format: KEY="VALUE" +----------+----------------------------------------------------+ | KEY | VALUE | +----------+----------------------------------------------------+ | VERSION | Numerical version number of the lsb release | | | against which the distribution is designed against | +----------+----------------------------------------------------+ Each KEY appears once in the file. - The file /etc/distribution-release will exist and can be used to identify the name of the distributor and version number of the installed distribution. It is a text file containing lines of the following format: KEY="VALUE" +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | KEY | VALUE | +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | DISTRIBUTOR_ID | String ID of distributor | | VERSION | Numerical version number | | NAME | Single line text description of distribution | +-------------------+----------------------------------------------+ Each KEY appears once in the file. A couple of questions: - Is the /etc/lsb-release file needed given that the same information is most likely available through the package manager? Is it just easier to get the information out of a simple text file? - Would this belong in the LSB spec or in the Linux annex of the FHS? Chris. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Open Source Ice-Cream
