On Oct 29, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:

First however it checks for /etc/lsb-release and if it exists, prints
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION contents. I guess Ubuntu is the only distro
currently using that file..


A little late, but I don't see any mention of /etc/lsb-release in the LSB specification. You probably want the output of /usr/bin/ lsb_release -d

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
Description:    CentOS release 5.2 (Final)

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)


The lsb_release binary has been in the specification since version 1.0.

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