>> Is it necessary to also specify a C library api for the above? > >Adding a binary in /bin bloats the root partition needlessly (we're >talking at least, what, 3k these days for nop.c?), pollutes a namespace >it doesn't need to, and is generally just nuts.
For the type of systems that the LSB is aimed at, is this really a big issue? >aj, who personally doesn't see why people who care about distribution > specific issues can't use distribution specific ways of determining > which specific distribution they're being installed on, but hey... Running `lsb_release -i' would be a whole lot easier than searching around for /etc/debian_version, /etc/redhat-release, /etc/SuSe-release etc... and then having several different parsing functions for each distribution to work out which version it is. Though it does have valid uses, I do agree there is the risk that these values could be abused, but if people really wanted to `Bad Things', not having this feature won't stop them. The most important ability of the command is being able to work out what version of the LSB specification the distribution is compliant against. Chris. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Open Source Ice-Cream
