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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/10/2014 06:28 PM, Daniel Ankers
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        <div>On 10 June 2014 16:19, Fred Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            all!<br>
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            I think it was on this list, in the last week or so I saw
            some comment<br>
            about how some apps may grope the contents of
            /etc/redhat-release when<br>
            installing themselves, so as to figure how which OS they're
            running on,<br>
            and there was some mention of this not being the best of all
            possible<br>
            ideas.<br>
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        Hi Fred,
        <div>I would have thought that "lsb_release -a" would be far
          more portable across varying different distributions and
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        <div>Regards,</div>
        <div>Dan</div>
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    [root@wolfy ~]# echo "My personal distro release 1.0 ( wolfy's
    finest ) " > /etc/redhat-release<br>
    [root@wolfy ~]# lsb_release -a<br>
    LSB Version:   
:base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch<br>
    Distributor ID: Mypersonaldistro<br>
    Description:    My personal distro release 1.0 ( wolfy's finest )<br>
    Release:        1.0<br>
    Codename:       wolfy'sfinest<br>
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