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Xmetalfanx edited this page Mar 30, 2023 · 1 revision

The determineDistro function

  • runs a series of checks to determine the distro, based on such things as:

    • Package Manager
    • prior obtained lsb and/or os-release information
    • special files such as /etc/fedora-release to detect Fedora (in this example)

  • MORE specific branch checking is done in the loop, when an if statement is triggered... - This could be checking what branch of openSUSE Leap it is, "is this Manjaro or Arch", or what release of Debian or Ubuntu it is ...etc etc

  • supported is the variable that is set to yes or no

    • ALL distros that I currently support should have a supported variable set.
    • if it's a rolling release I should have a check to see the last time the distro was updated and if passed a certain period of time, displays a message to the user
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