nothing under /etc/arch-release?

meijin · 2009-12-08 15:38:54

why there is nothing under this file?
isn't supose to be the dist. "realse"?
and if he's empty, why its exist?

Assaf

ataraxia · 2009-12-08 15:57:17

It's normal. Back when Arch had releases, there was content inside it. Now, it's just an empty file, and anything that cares can check that it exists to know that the system is Arch.

.:B:. · 2009-12-08 16:01:59

I kept the files on my installations... I liked the ring of 'Overlorld' and 'Don't Panic'.

meijin · 2009-12-08 16:07:47

mine is empty:

[assaf@laptop ~]$ cat /etc/arch-release 
[assaf@laptop ~]$

.:B:. · 2009-12-08 16:11:03

Yes, we gathered that from your first post . It's there for historical reasons I suppose.

shpelda · 2009-12-30 09:52:59

How about linking it to /proc/version or something ?

sHyLoCk · 2009-12-30 10:08:11

echo "Allan_broke_it" >> /etc/arch-release

rokkon · 2010-01-05 21:00:26

maybe a little OT but i didn't want to open a new thread.
my install stillt shows the last release ("Dont' Panic") before login on ttys.
where does that info come from and how could i change it?

jerryluc · 2010-01-06 15:56:40

In /etc/issue.

rokkon · 2010-01-06 20:01:52

thanks. can someone post /etc/issue from an install after "Don"t Panic"? I want to restore the vanilla state

ataraxia · 2010-01-06 20:03:25

It has control characters in it IIRC, so hard to post. Get it out of the "filesystem" package.

Dusty · 2010-01-06 20:04:42

sudo rm /etc/issue ; sudo pacman -S filesystem

rokkon · 2010-01-06 20:17:04

worked like a charm, thanks guys.

Mandor · 2010-01-06 22:53:00

Release names are something to be missed ... Maybe they can try giving 'unofficial' names to install ISOs, just from sentiment

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nothing under /etc/arch-release?

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