Synaptic, Software Sources and Video

johnraff · 2010-10-08 16:33:28

wuy wrote:

Debian Squeeze does not have a file named /etc/lsb_release

So it doesn't! That's very interesting - so why should any Debian Squeeze package even think of looking at /etc/lsb_release?

(There is however a package called lsb-release, which installs a file /usr/bin/lsb_release .)

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anonymous · 2010-10-08 16:35:14

wuy wrote:

Debian Squeeze does not have a file named /etc/lsb_release

Not even if a user installs the lsb-release package?

johnraff · 2010-10-08 16:47:13

^no. You can search for some file in Debian here.

anonymous · 2010-10-08 16:56:27

If Debian doesn't use /etc/lsb_release, then Im curious why its presence would affect software-properties-gtk and update-manager?

If the file isn't used, then why doesn't the program ignore it?

johnraff · 2010-10-08 17:19:59

^my thoughts exactly.

wuy · 2010-10-08 18:13:40

Now we're entering definitively the terrain of speculation..
But software-properties-gtk is a Debian/Ubuntu app. Maybe Ubuntu uses /etc/lsb_release ?

pvsage · 2010-10-08 18:16:11

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/lsb-release

I guess that, since the LSB Release refers to the Debian base, any /etc/lsb_release should report the parent Debian base and not the derived OS name?

wuy · 2010-10-08 19:59:08

Maybe the app looks for the Ubuntu versions in /etc/lsb_release and gives an error if it finds something else.
Anyway, corenominal, Clem from Mint and others will have to deal with this if they want to keep software sources in their setup.

johnraff · 2010-10-09 03:24:42

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/ … e/filelist
...no /etc/lsb-release in there.

It's not in any Ubuntu file search either.
My #! 9.04 has no such file, but the command 'lsb_release -a' returns the information.

Debian bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=444678

(Other stuff:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/release-files.html
http://www.computerbob.com/guests/how_t … _linux.php)

Anyway, corenominal, Clem from Mint and others will have to deal with this if they want to keep software sources in their setup.

Indeed.

btw The file is /etc/lsb-release not /etc/lsb_release. 'lsb_release' is the command associated with the package lsb-release. roll

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johnraff · 2010-10-09 16:56:12

My guess is that the apps which crash when the Crunchbang /etc/lsb-release file is present are not looking at that file directly but reading the output of 'lsb_release', which in turn is checking for the presence of that file.

(/etc/lsb-release renamed)

john@computer:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux testing (squeeze)
Release:    testing
Codename:    squeeze

(/etc/lsb-release present)

john@computer:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    CrunchBang
Description:    CrunchBang 10 statler
Release:    10
Codename:    statler

CrunchBang Linux

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