Ludo Brands wrote:
Can somebody confirm this for Ubuntu? Are there comparable
files for
other distreax?
Both my Ubuntu 8.04.4 and Ubuntu 10.04.3 systems have the
lsb_release
and the xdg-open commands available. So I guess that's +1
to Canonical
for at least trying to be helpful!
Yes, but for cases where lsb_release might not work- e.g. an older
release- does apt/sources.list refer to a section of their
repository by
name or simply as "stable" etc.?
apt/sources.list for my ubuntu 10.04 64 bit refers to fe.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted
Kubuntu (ubuntu with KDE desktop) 10.04 32 bit and Xubuntu 10.04 (with
XFCE4) point to the same repositories.
From older versions, I remember similar names containing ubuntu and the
codename (hardy, dapper, etc).
So with luck Ubuntu will either have lsb_release on newer systems, or a
codename embedded in apt/sources.list on older ones.
All bets are off if access is through a proxy with non-standard names.
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