As an example: antarus@goats3 ~ $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu precise (development branch)" DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 GOOGLE_CODENAME=precise GOOGLE_ID=Goobuntu GOOGLE_RELEASE="12.04 <redacted>" GOOGLE_ROLE=desktop GOOGLE_TRACK=<redacted>
I'm unsure if this is actually kosher (we have done it for at least 6 years), but the file is basically shell, from my understanding. -A On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Iain Lane <i...@orangesquash.org.uk> wrote: > OK I uploaded and accepted it. I'm not sure about the version number (we > don't really have precedent for this), but it should be alright. > > I'd really appreciate someone backporting these fixes to the precise > (release) package. > > and you could use pgrep (from procps) instead of that ps | grep -v grep > stuff ;-). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Goobuntu > Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999771 > > Title: > myunity depends upon DISTRIB_RELEASE being the second entry in /etc > /lsb-release > > Status in MyUnity: > New > Status in Precise Backports: > New > Status in “myunity” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in “myunity” source package in Precise: > New > Status in “myunity” source package in Quantal: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > myunity incorrectly parses the lsb-release file in Main.module. It makes > assumptions about the order of lines. Since lsb-release is a list of shell > variables which can be sourced by other programs, perhaps it would be better > to use the shell to parse it, rather than just cat it. Something more like: > SHELL "source /etc/lsb-release; echo $DISTRIB_RELEASE" to Uversion > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/myunity/+bug/999771/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999771 Title: myunity depends upon DISTRIB_RELEASE being the second entry in /etc /lsb-release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/myunity/+bug/999771/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
