On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Nirgal Vourgère wrote: > Last version of base-files introducted a change in /etc/debian_version format. > Code name used to be available in that file. It no longer is. > This breaks many unattended-upgrades configurations, where $(distro_codename) > is no longer available. > Please, consider putting back the codename in debian_version until proper > solution is found to store that information: With the deep freeze, now is not > a proper time for big patches in other packages.
The file /etc/debian_version is only meaningful for stable releases. There is no mandated "format" for testing or unstable. Therefore, anything which relies on /etc/debian_version for any purpose other than telling which stable release we are running is broken and should be fixed to not do that. In other words: Just because /etc/debian_version used to read "squeeze/sid" most of the time does not mean you can take that content for granted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
