On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, John Campbell wrote:

> On Saturday 29 March 2003 06:01 pm, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, John Campbell wrote:
> > > On a fresh install of 9.1-bamboo (final) the /etc/lsb-release file still
> > > reflects 9.0-dolphin.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug or feature?
> >
> > Bug.  Should have been updated when the codename was issued.  I couldn't
> > update it until then, and I think it was too late by the time I found out
> > the name.
> 
> This could be a problem...
> 
> Does rpmdarke use lsb-release to determine where to look for updates?
> I know that autodld does.  Thus anyone using autodld to download updates will
> get updates for version 9.0 unless they manually change /etc/lsb-release to 
> 9.1...
> 
> Thus, unless you know it's wrong you'll start getting crossed updates.
> 

I'm pretty sure most tools use /etc/mandrake-release, as lsb* are optional
additions to the distribution.  I've given vdanen a heads-up that this 
should be part of the 9.1 updates though.

-- 
Stew Benedict

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