On May 31, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > Stig Sandbeck Mathisen <s...@fnord.no> writes: > >> The "/etc/lsb-release" file is owned by the "base-files" package, >> which has priority "required" on Ubuntu Lucid (latest LTS release) and >> Ubuntu Natty (latest release). It should therefore always be present, >> on any Ubuntu installation (excluding administrative intervention, of >> course). > > Checking the availability and contents of the "base-files" package on > the Ubuntu versions on "packages.ubuntu.com", I see /etc/lsb-release > present on all supported ubuntu releases since 2006-06 (dapper), which > is the oldest available release. > > I downloaded and unwrapped the dapper package, and it has the same > format: [...]
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