Retain upgrade paths (was: /etc/redhat-release?)

[Thomas Bendler]

Hi,

On Mi, 24 Sep 2003, Bill Nottingham sent incredible lines:
[...]
> Such a script can be *easily* modifed to work with Fedora Core
> in this case. It can key off of:
> 
> a) 'Fedora Core' in /etc/redhat-release
> b) the presence of /etc/fedora-release
> c) the fact that fedora-release provides /etc/redhat-release
[...]

why not /etc/release??

Fedora/Red Hat is part of the content of /etc/redhat-release. So I
don't see the sense of this construct but I see an advantage of
/etc/release if other distros will follow your this approach.

... may the Tux be with you! =Thomas=
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