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bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 322

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What's with the empty file

Just finished cleaning out /etc of all the saved and obsolete files. What's with the empty file. arch-release. Does this serve a purpose or do send it to where the sun don't shine.

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mitsoko

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From: In the Coal Chamber

Registered: 2007-05-08

Posts: 143

Re: What's with the empty file

it's empty because arch is not based on releases .. basically, it has no version ... this point has been rectified some time ago .. i don't know why the -release file is there, but it serves no purpose as far as i can tell

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: What's with the empty file

It serves the purpose that some programs check the existence of this file. Thats all I can remember

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thepizzaking

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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Registered: 2006-03-13

Posts: 46

Re: What's with the empty file

Since this file was blanked, Gajim now reports my Operating System as 'Unknown', which is slightly annoying.  But no big problem.