[Opensim-dev] Determining Linux Platform (Distribution)

[Chris Down]

> On Linux, the best way to determine distribution information is to parse
> the output of "lsb_release -a".  However, parsing the contents of
> /etc/lsb-release is a good second best.
> 
> jkaldon at bullshark:~$ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
> Release:        6.06
> Codename:       dapper
> 
> jkaldon at bullshark:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS"
> 
> Reasonably detailed and is present on any distribution who tries to
> conform to the Linux Standards Base.  This includes RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu
> and many others I'm sure.

I can confirm that lsb_release -a produces the required information on
Opensuse.

chris at merak:~> lsb_release -a
LSB Version:
core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.0-x86_64:desktop-3.1-
amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.1
-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description:    openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64)
Release:        10.3
Codename:       n/a

However the file /etc/lsb-release does not contain any distribution
information in Opensuse.

chris at merak:~> cat /etc/lsb-release
LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.0-x86_64
"

Regards

Chris Down