Bug#940312: /etc/issue: /etc/issue is being updated by Debian when it doesn't need to

2023-07-10 Thread Santiago Vila
El 10/7/23 a las 17:57, Ben Wong escribió: Thanks for the tip! I will look into ansible. I had thought it was for large organizations, but if it is what Debian recommends for upgrades, then I am happy to learn it. Ok, just to clarify: ansible was only one of many options available, and also I

Bug#940312: /etc/issue: /etc/issue is being updated by Debian when it doesn't need to

2019-11-21 Thread Ben Wong
Oh! I'm sorry. I had expected Debian's official "PRETTY NAME" in /etc/os-release to be the preferred name for showing to users. To show it without the code name, but to have it automatically update whenever /etc/os-release is changed, this works: \S{NAME} \S{VERSION_ID} \n \l Thanks, —Ben

Bug#940312: /etc/issue: /etc/issue is being updated by Debian when it doesn't need to

2019-11-21 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 11:22:00AM -0800, Ben Wong wrote: > Hi, I know this is low-priority and everyone is busy on important matters, > but I was wondering if anybody had looked at this yet. The fix I included > is simple and easily verified. I'm hoping that it can be included in Debian > 11 (Bull

Bug#940312: /etc/issue: /etc/issue is being updated by Debian when it doesn't need to

2019-11-21 Thread Ben Wong
Hi, I know this is low-priority and everyone is busy on important matters, but I was wondering if anybody had looked at this yet. The fix I included is simple and easily verified. I'm hoping that it can be included in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Thanks, —Ben

Bug#940312: /etc/issue: /etc/issue is being updated by Debian when it doesn't need to

2019-09-15 Thread Ben Wong
Package: base-files Version: 10.3+deb10u1 Severity: normal File: /etc/issue Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, When upgrading to Debian Buster, I noticed that Debian had updated /etc/issue to include the version number ("Debian GNU/Linux 10"). There is no reason for this since that data is already incl