envinfo crashes on arch linux because os-release does not have version about envinfo HOT 6 CLOSED

Thanks for tracking that down!

Yeah, we should definitely be referencing these more safely, but also need a more reliable command to get the release version.

Happy to discuss here, or if you want to, I'm happy to accept PRs!

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The os-release documentation

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html

states that VERSION should be part of the os-release file. I think it is a bug on arch linux side to not include it. I hope that this bug gets fixed

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58499?string=os-release&project=1&type%5B0%5D=&sev%5B0%5D=&pri%5B0%5D=&due%5B0%5D=&reported%5B0%5D=&cat%5B0%5D=&status%5B0%5D=open&percent%5B0%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=

In the mean time, I think envinfo should have defensive code that prints unknown when it does not find an attribute that it is looking for. If that sounds right to you I will go ahead and make a PR.

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That sounds perfect!

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should be fixed!

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@tabrindle Hi! Would it be possible to make a new release of envinfo? This is also a problem on Debian testing/unstable.

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