On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 2:50 AM Benjamin Drung via ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > any objection to remove /etc/debian_version from base-files? > /etc/os-release has been the de-facto standard in the last 10 years. > Tools that look at /etc/debian_version should look at /etc/os-release > instead. It seems to have no meaningful data on Ubuntu (just contains the string "forky/sid" which I certainly don't find helpful), and in Debian, all the info it provides is in os-release, so I see no reason to keep it. -- Aaron > Please let me close this bug after 20 years: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/19353 > > -- > Benjamin Drung > Debian & Ubuntu Developer > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
