Subject: Re: Bug#3172: Autoconf does not provide config.guess, config.sub etc.

From: Guy Maor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 04:42:54 -0500 (CDT)

On 31 May 1996, Mark Eichin wrote:

> but if someone will recommend a way to identify the vendor reliably
> (perhaps running sed on /etc/issue?

debian has /etc/debian_version, contents are '1.1'

redhat has /etc/redhat-release, contents are 'release 3.0.3 (Picasso)'

Guy