Your message dated Sat, 8 Jul 2017 20:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
with message-id <alpine.DEB.2.21.1707082042330.7837@Zeta>
and subject line Re: inxi: relies on /etc/issue for distro detection
has caused the Debian Bug report #818876,
regarding inxi: relies on /etc/issue for distro detection
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: inxi
Version: 2.2.28-1
Severity: normal
inxi -S
System: Host: umbar Kernel: 4.4.5-x32 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: /etc/ corrupted, use -% to override
RTFSing, I see it tries to parse /etc/issue. This is wrong as that file is not
meant to be machine-parsable, it's a welcome screen meant for humans, supposed
to be replaced by the sysadmin (not that many people care about their console
login screens these days...). You want something like /etc/debian_version.
Related: I see it does BSD detection first which should be wrong on
Debian/kfreebsd (untested) -- you want to check /etc/debian_version before
that.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.4.5-x32 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages inxi depends on:
ii bash 4.3-14+b1
ii gawk 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1
ii pciutils 1:3.3.1-1.1
ii procps 2:3.3.11-3.0nosystemd1
Versions of packages inxi recommends:
ii dmidecode 3.0-2
ii file 1:5.25-2
ii hddtemp 0.3-beta15-52
ii iproute2 4.3.0-1+b1
ii lm-sensors 1:3.4.0-2
ii mesa-utils 8.3.0-1
pn module-init-tools <none>
ii net-tools 1.60+git20150829.73cef8a-2
pn sudo <none>
ii usbutils 1:007-4
ii x11-utils 7.7+3
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+7
inxi suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Package: inxi
Version: 2.3.0-1
Upstream fixed this in 2.2.37 which is even in Stretch. Inxi now no longer
relies on /etc/issue as its primary method of version detection.
~Unit 193
Unit193 @ Freenode
Unit193 @ OFTC
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