> Maybe use lsb_release, and grep /etc/apt/sources.list as a fallback
> method?
Yep, sounds like a plan.


Thanks,

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:55 +0200, Oliver Schneider wrote:

> (which lsb_release > /dev/null && `which lsb_release` --id)|awk '{print
> $3}'
>
> ... does not work on older systems which don't have lsb_release, though.

Is lsb_release mandatory? I'm using latest testing and I don't have it.
So if your script depends on lsb_release, then it is specific to your
setting.

> Still looking,

How about /etc/rc.local

I have such file (yet still wondering where it comes from), which says,

# By default this script does nothing.

And it seems to me that Ubuntu doesn't have it [1].

Any comment?

1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RcLocalHowto

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On 8/26/2010 5:08 PM, T o n g wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:55 +0200, Oliver Schneider wrote:


(which lsb_release> /dev/null&& `which lsb_release` --id)|awk '{print
$3}'

... does not work on older systems which don't have lsb_release, though.

Is lsb_release mandatory? I'm using latest testing and I don't have it.
So if your script depends on lsb_release, then it is specific to your
setting.


I just checked, it comes from the lsb-release package, the priority of
which is optional.


To Oliver: if you're making a .deb package for your program, you could
add lsb-release to its list of dependencies.



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On 8/26/2010 9:31 PM, Kevin Ross wrote:

On 8/26/2010 5:08 PM, T o n g wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:55 +0200, Oliver Schneider wrote:


(which lsb_release> /dev/null&& `which lsb_release` --id)|awk '{print
$3}'

... does not work on older systems which don't have lsb_release,
though.

Is lsb_release mandatory? I'm using latest testing and I don't have it.
So if your script depends on lsb_release, then it is specific to your
setting.


I just checked, it comes from the lsb-release package, the priority of
which is optional.


To Oliver: if you're making a .deb package for your program, you
could add lsb-release to its list of dependencies.




Could you not just use the uname command?


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Debian vs Ubuntu is not the same as Debian vs say RedHat. Sometimes
it's hard to tell them apart even by hand because you can easily mix
deb packages between them if you want. It can be Debian with package X
from Ubuntu. Or it can be Knoppix dist-upgraded to Debian. Generally I
think it's a good idea to check for some specific functionality you
need in your script rather than rely a on distribution name from some
file in /etc.
Or you need that just for nice output/logging?


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On 08/27/2010 03:28 AM, Alexey Salmin wrote:
[snip]

think it's a good idea to check for some specific functionality you
need in your script rather than rely a on distribution name from some
file in /etc.


This is Best Practices when writing a web page: check for
functionality, not whether it's IE, FF, Safari, etc.


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