[CentOS-devel] /etc/redhat-release

On 06/10/2014 06:28 PM, Daniel Ankers wrote:
> On 10 June 2014 16:19, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us 
> <mailto: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
>
[root at wolfy ~]# echo "My personal distro release 1.0 ( wolfy's finest ) 
" > /etc/redhat-release
[root at wolfy ~]# lsb_release -a
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
Distributor ID: Mypersonaldistro
Description:    My personal distro release 1.0 ( wolfy's finest )
Release:        1.0
Codename:       wolfy'sfinest


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