#18 njmon.linux.v80 Off-by-one os info string copy

[Nils Smeds]

The copy of strings from /etc/os-release starts att one position too far into the source string. If the value starts with a space or a double quote character this does not show up. However, for Fedora the VERSION_ID is a string of digits with no leading double quote causing Fedora release 37 showing up in the database as version_id=7

[Nils Smeds]

I'm happy to be a guinea pig and help to root the out as they occur :-)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 5:56 AM Nigel Griffiths nigelgriffiths@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

• status: open --> accepted
• Priority: 5 --> 2
• Comment:

This is the Linux curse!
As there are differing standards in system file content across distros and
even versions within the distro. There is no alternative than to hitting
each inconsisancy in turn.

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• [patches:#18] https://sourceforge.net/p/nmon/patches/18/
  njmon.linux.v80 Off-by-one os info string copy*

Status: accepted
Group: Unstable (example)
Created: Fri Nov 11, 2022 05:17 AM UTC by Nils Smeds
Last Updated: Fri Nov 11, 2022 05:17 AM UTC
Owner: nobody
Attachments:

• njmon_linux_v80.c.patch
  https://sourceforge.net/p/nmon/patches/18/attachment/njmon_linux_v80.c.patch
  (1.0 kB; text/x-patch)

The copy of strings from /etc/os-release starts att one position too far
into the source string. If the value starts with a space or a double quote
character this does not show up. However, for Fedora the VERSION_ID is a
string of digits with no leading double quote causing Fedora release 37
showing up in the database as version_id=7

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[Nigel Griffiths]

This is the Linux curse!
As there are differing standards in system file content across distros and even versions within the distro. There is no alternative than to hitting each inconsisancy in turn.