Re: distro name

[Erik Slagter <erik+rpm oldconomy com>]

On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 02:32, 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

skylla erik:~ $ lsb_release
LSB Version:    1.3
skylla erik:~ $ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    1.3
Distributor ID: FedoraCore
Description:    Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
Release:        2
Codename:       Tettnang