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Re: Detecting RedHat distribution version

From:
Dan Sugalski
Date:
October 26, 1999 11:56
Subject:
Re: Detecting RedHat distribution version
Message ID:
3.0.6.32.19991026145948.00c61300@tuatha.sidhe.org
At 02:55 PM 10/26/99 -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote:
>I'm currently trying to patch Configure to tell you the Linux
>distribution (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, others as folks supply the
>information), and I'm unsure of how to best parse RedHat's
>/etc/redhat-release file. I have the following 1 example:
>
>	Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)

6.0 shows:

   Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)

in /etc/redhat-release. (Presumably after Harry Potter's owl, but that's
not likely relevant here...)

					Dan

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