Message 56747 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

I think it is safe to ignore lsb-release. In fact, there seems to be a command "lsb_release" that gives information about distribution. On my SuSE box, this is what I get:

marvin:# lsb_release -i Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX marvin:# lsb_release -d Description: SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586) marvin:~# lsb_release -r Release: 10.1

sapetnioc, can you check if this command exists on your system and if so, it's output? platform.dist() can check for this command's existence and if present, can perhaps use it to glean distro information. Please let me know if you want to write the patch. I will do it otherwise.