[ubuntu-us-ma] How to tell version numbers?

[Brian DeLacey]

Thanks, Daniel. I hadn't found that one. Two others that seem related and
useful are:

   - lsb_release -rd
   - cat /proc/version

Brian


2009/3/16 Daniel Hollocher <danielhollocher at gmail.com>

> Hey Brian,
> I came across this link which might interest you:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/LinuxWireless
>
> That's all
> Dan
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Brian and Daniel for your ideas ... what you described worked in a
>> helpful way.
>> The search continues for the best way to track Ubuntu / Jaunty individual
>> build/release numbers. I'll post it when I find out.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Daniel Hollocher <
>> danielhollocher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1) I've no idea
>>> 2) apt-cache policy package_name  will show you the version of a package
>>> installed.  Maybe you want to look at the changelog of the package that
>>> holds your drivers?
>>> 3) yes, approximately.  But, sometimes there are errors with
>>> dependencies.  I think ideally, its yes.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the best way to track and view version numbers of the Ubuntu
>>>> releases installed on your machine? In particular, I'm wondering:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - how to display release numbers that will differentiate between
>>>>    daily Jaunty builds?
>>>>    - how to display the version of subsystems / tarballs in the distro?
>>>>    (I'm particularly interested in wireless drivers, e.g. compat-wireless-2.6
>>>>    tarball<http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Archiveofcompat-wireless-2.6tarballs>
>>>>    )?
>>>>    - does running update manager on an installed Jaunty build has
>>>>    (aproximately) the same result as installing the new daily Jaunty build
>>>>    available that day?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>>>    Brian
>>>>
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