Removing /etc/debian_version from base-files
Benjamin Drung
bdrung at ubuntu.com
Fri Jul 24 00:45:47 UTC 2026
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.
Please let me close this bug after 20 years:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/19353
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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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