Determining linux distribution

Mon Apr 18 15:17:41 UTC 2005

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:56:15AM -0400, David J Patrick wrote:
> I had the same question trying to urpmi a friends old Mandrake box, but
> was unsure what version he was at.
> 
> Is there a LSB mechanism that is not being implemented ?
> Surely access to the accurate distro and version info is vital and a
> common requirement ?

If your system is LSB compliant, the application doesn't have to care as
long as it only uses LSB features.  That's the whole point of LSB isn't
it?

Lennart Sorensen
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