Re: [tlug] cat /etc/*release and Upgrading old distros (was Upgrading to PHP5 on Fedora)

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Nevermind the regex quibbles, the thread at the bottom covers 
similar ground about upgrading ancient RHish distros. 

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:10:51 +0900 Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:

> The definitive way of determining which distro you are running is:
> 
> cat /etc/*-release

Oh dear, here we go again. 

Check Rob Funk's comments in the earlier thread that Josh 
was a party to: 

   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/002014.html

Of course, Josh knows that the distro in question with Dave 
is a Red Hat-ish distro. Other interesting stuff: 

   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/002005.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/002015.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/002043.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001961.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001975.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001980.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001996.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001984.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001970.html
   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/001977.html

Oh heck, just read the whole thread starting: 

   http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2006-January/thread.html#1964