[CentOS-devel] /etc/redhat-release

On 10 June 2014 16:19, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I think it was on this list, in the last week or so I saw some comment
> about how some apps may grope the contents of /etc/redhat-release when
> installing themselves, so as to figure how which OS they're running on,
> and there was some mention of this not being the best of all possible
> ideas.
>
>
Hi Fred,
I would have thought that "lsb_release -a" would be far more portable
across varying different distributions and versions.
Regards,
Dan
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