Re: Busybox identification
Jody Bruchon via busybox <[email protected]>
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On March 25, 2026 9:44:37 AM EDT, Nigel Hopper via busybox <[email protected]> wrote: >My understanding is that Busybox does not do this as it sees itself as >a collection of utilities that ‘acts’ like an OS, just in a very >stripped-down way. BusyBox is not an OS. It is a combined executable for embedded environments. >Using the os-release file allows us to correctly identify which OS we >are processing and how to ID all the packages in it. > >Is there any way Busybox can be identified as being the 'installed OS’ >other than if it was listed in an os-release file? BusyBox is a user-mode program like any other. It is not an OS. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] https://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox