Re: distro name

["Jim C." <jcllings javahop com>]

> Looks like the output of 'uname -a' :-)

Sorry, been there, done that. ;-) I get:

[root@enigma root]# uname -a
Linux enigma.j9starr.net 2.6.3-7mdk #1 Wed Mar 17 15:56:42 CET 2004 i686 
unknown unknown GNU/Linux
[root@enigma root]#

I take that to mean that it probably doesn't work in enough cases and 
surely not in the case of a custom kernel.  At this point I am nearly 
certain that I would have to come up with a custom technique that 
includes getting the output of /etc/distroname and checking the 
locations of key files and directories, etc.

In the long run, I guess it really just isn't practical. You would think 
there would be a requirement for at least a link to a filename that 
never changes.  I mean like if mandrake wanted to have a specific file 
name for thier /etc/version file there should be a Linux standards base 
compliance rule that states they need to have a link to that file such 
that the link is the same on all systems.


Jim C.
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