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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:20:25AM -0700, Joe Areeda wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/13/2011 05:03 PM, Brian Murray wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:07PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> >> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 07:56:56AM -0700, Joe Areeda wrote:
> >>> When filing a bug report or a mail list post, what is the best UID for
> >>> an iso image?
> >>>
> >>> I've been using something like "Natty amd64 iso zsynced 4/5/2011".  I
> >>> suppose given the international nature of Ubuntu I should use 2011-4-5
> >>> for the date but besides that how do you unambiguously specify which
> >>> version we're talking about.
> >> I found the following on a loopback mounted ISO in isolinux/f1.txt:
> >>
> >> This is an installation system for Ubuntu 11.04.
> >> It was built on 20110411.
> >>
> >> That's the date one should use.  It might appear elsewhere when actually
> >> running the image.
> > It's in /cdrom/syslinux/f1.txt too.
> >
> > --
> > Brian Murray
> > Ubuntu Bug Master
> >
> Interestingly a bootable USB is different than the CD and it's in
> /media/<UID>/isolinux/f1.txt.
> 
> I've searched and cannot find it on an installed system.  Right now
> dmesg has the same date on the kernel
> 
> "Linux version 2.6.38-8-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.5.2
> (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu3) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC
> 2011 (Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2)"
> 
> But I think Brian's method is best.
> 
> Maybe an RFE for the installer to save some sort identifier somewhere?

Its in /var/log/installer/media-info if you've installed Ubuntu
relatively recently.  Additionally, apport includes this information in
bug reports as a key in the description as InstallationMedia.

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Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master

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