Message 56958 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

I joined a modified version of platform.py. Here is a summary of the modification:

• replaced '/etc' by global variable _etc_dir
• removed supported_dists parameter of dist()
• each element of dist() result is searched in the following places (the first value found is kept):
  1. First line of /etc/-release
  2. Contents of /etc/lsb-release
  3. Extract from /etc/-release

I tested it on Mandriva 2007.1, Fedora 4 and on a faked /etc directory containing the Ubuntu files send by tiran. Results are: Mandriva 2007.1: ('MandrivaLinux', '2007.1', 'Official') Fedora 4: ('FedoraCore', '4', 'Stentz') Faked Ubuntu: ('Ubuntu', '7.10', 'gutsy')