FS#21568 - /etc/arch-release should contain version information
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Arch Linux
Opened by Richard Jones (rwmjones) - Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 10:59 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 11:09 GMT
Opened by Richard Jones (rwmjones) - Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 10:59 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 11:09 GMT
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Description:
/etc/arch-release is empty. Just about every other Linux puts a simple string in their equivalent *-release file which contains the name and version of the product. We require this in our program "virt-inspector" which reads a Linux disk image to determine the distro and version. Steps to reproduce: $ cat /etc/arch-release [no output] Should have a single line saying something like Arch Linux 2010.05 Compare Arch Linux guest: $ sudo guestfish -i -a /dev/vg_trick/Arch201005x64 Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems. Type: 'help' for a list of commands 'man' to read the manual 'quit' to quit the shell /dev/vda3 mounted on / /dev/vda1 mounted on /boot /dev/vda4 mounted on /home to another Linux guest: $ sudo ./fish/guestfish -i -a /dev/vg_pin/MeeGo11x32 Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems. Type: 'help' for a list of commands 'man' to read the manual 'quit' to quit the shell Operating system: MeeGo release 1.1 (MeeGo) /dev/vda2 mounted on / /dev/vda1 mounted on /boot Notice the other Linux guest has OS name and version detected automatically. Not possible for Arch Linux because you don't make this information available. |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 11:09 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing: FS#10393
FS#7163
FS#7493
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 11:09 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) -
Tuesday, 02 November 2010, 11:07 GMT
So we should update the package daily? Arch has no release
version, just an installer date which is useless one you update.