Re: distro name

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa zytor com>]

Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 20:05, John Newbigin wrote:
>
> > /Why not use lsb?/
>
> Because it is not always available.
>
> On Fedora Core 2:
>
>     $ lsb_release -a
>     bash: lsb_release: command not found

*Nothing* is "always available" if it hasn't been installed.

: tazenda 23 ; lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    1.3
Distributor ID: FedoraCore
Description:    Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
Release:        2
Codename:       Tettnang

	-hpa