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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-June/006118.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-June/006118.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea6d1883b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-June/006118.html @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Some links in /etc + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Some%20links%20in%20/etc&In-Reply-To=%3C4E0AF560.70802%40colin.guthr.ie%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="006117.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="006119.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Some links in /etc</H1> + <B>Colin Guthrie</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Some%20links%20in%20/etc&In-Reply-To=%3C4E0AF560.70802%40colin.guthr.ie%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Some links in /etc">mageia at colin.guthr.ie + </A><BR> + <I>Wed Jun 29 11:50:24 CEST 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006117.html">[Mageia-dev] Some links in /etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006119.html">[Mageia-dev] [115573] SILENT: new file ./SOURCES/gnome-video-effects-0.3. 0-fix-noarch-build.patch +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6118">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6118">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6118">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6118">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>'Twas brillig, and Cazzaniga Sandro at 29/06/11 10:32 did gyre and gimble: +><i> Hi, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> can someone tell me the utility of the following links: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - /etc/mandriva-release (-> mageia-release) +</I>><i> - /etc/mandrakelinux-release (-> mageia-release) +</I>><i> - /etc/mandrake-release (-> mageia-release) +</I>><i> - /etc/redhat-release (-> mageia-release) +</I>><i> +</I> +These are various files that has built up as a tradition over the years. +Several external systems (e.g. generic installers etc) check for this +/etc/*-release file to determine which distro they are on in order to +customise certain things to fit in. + +These files are provided such that external systems can do their thing +in a manner that makes sense. + +I'm not sure if some of the older files (i.e.mandrake*) could just be +dropped without too many problems, but I suspect this to be the case + +Col + + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited [<A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A>] +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor [<A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A>] + PulseAudio Hacker [<A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A>] + Trac Hacker [<A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A>] +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006117.html">[Mageia-dev] Some links in /etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006119.html">[Mageia-dev] [115573] SILENT: new file ./SOURCES/gnome-video-effects-0.3. 0-fix-noarch-build.patch +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6118">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6118">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6118">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6118">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |