Am Freitag, den 01.07.2016, 18:51 +0200 schrieb Santiago Vila: > This field is defined as optional in the specification.
Because not every distribution has a codename and you might have problems specifying it correctly (like on stretch/sid). > Why do we need it in os-release when we can already use "lsb_release > -c" > to know the codename and it works in stable, testing and unstable? Because lsb-release is not installed on all system, but base-files is. My intention for getting VERSION_CODENAME defined for jessie is to develop a proper fix for https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/34423 -- Benjamin Drung System Developer Debian & Ubuntu Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Email: benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com URL: http://www.profitbricks.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506B. Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gauger, Achim Weiss.
