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:
[...]

Very impressive legwork.

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