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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:50:28 +0000 (GMT) Peter Lloyd-Jones <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > This is so embarrassing, how do I find out which Debian version I am > running? $ lsb_release -a or the short versions, -i, -d, -r or -c. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) Release: unstable Codename: sid $ man lsb_release "the current heuristic tends to assume that the installation is of the earliest distribution which is still being used by by apt" It does get a little more complex than that depending on your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ entries - at which point you start looking at the output of 'apt-cache policy'. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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