PS: please CC your replies to me, since I'm not subscribed to the list. Hello,
I almost got into a situation where I needed to know what Linux distro I was trying to install my software in order to continue the installation. Regardless of this not being really necessary in this case (I found a way to get around the problem), I think it would be nice to have a _standard_ way of knowing which Linux distro is installed in the system. 'uname' would probably be a good candidate for that, but it doesn't need to be uname specifically. Nevertheless, it would be good to be a standard throughout all distros. Currently we have to look for certain characteristics of certain systems (usually special text files, distro-specific packages, etc.), but these are not guaranteed to be there in all cases ... Being able to detect the Linux distro type and, if possible, its version, would be really useful. Does this already exist in the LSB?? If not, what do you think about it? Is it a good idea?!?! I really think it is. Regards, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ivan Passos | Beware of programmers | -o) SW Engineer | who carry | /\\ Cyclades Corp | screwdrivers. | _\_V ------------------------------------------------------------------
