[ale] Foolish Distro ID Question

[Jeff Lightner]

Right - which is why in my original email I mentioned uname as the last
possibility.  My point in the last email was that it doesn't always
work.  If you created a custom kernel even on an FC box it might not
have this in the name.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Scott Castaline
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:59 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Foolish Distro ID Question

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> uname -r gives the kernel release which may or may not have a hint
about
> the distro and distro version.  It therefore can't be relied upon for
> the purpose.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Scott Castaline
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:08 AM
> To: John Mills; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Foolish Distro ID Question
>
> John Mills wrote:
>   
>> Brain F at rt --
>>
>> I don't recall whether I installed FC3 or FC4 on a box. How can
>>     
> identify 
>   
>> the installation distribution??
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>>  - Mills
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> uname -r
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At least with fc it does:
[scott at ncc1701f ~]$ uname -r
2.6.19-1.2911.fc6

I don't think it does in Ubuntu
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