On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:32:28 +1030 Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 15 January 2016, Andrew R Paterson sent: > > How about the creation date of /etc/redhat-release > > Works for me! > > Doesn't work for me, so you can't guarantee it'll work for others, > either. > > That file comes from the fedora-release RPM package, which has already > been shown to get updated post-installation date, so that file is > potentially not going to have the install date. > > One could look for the earliest sane date in the /etc directory, though > you have to be aware of systems that installed with the date set wrong, > and packages that were prepared before installation, and may install > with those filedates, rather than current system dates (not sure how > it's supposed to work, whether all written files should have a local > creation date). > > If there isn't anything that's actually meant to record an installation > date, perhaps concerned people either want to lobby for it, or simply > write some installation notes to file on the day of installing. > What about /root/initial-setup-ks.cfg or /root/anaconda-ks.cfg ? I belive it is created at the installation time. BR, Bob -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org