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Can we detect base distribution with this module ?

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I was wondering is there any way to detect base distribution of distro ? I found base() method in issues but it seems has been removed #36 If we can't...

0ne-zero

`minor_version()` returns and empty string on Debian 10 Buster

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The `minor_version()` returns an empty string (`''`) on Debian 10 Buster (amd64 and armhf). The `platform` module reports `10.12` for the version, but the `distro` equivalent does not. I consider...

brendan-simon-indt

Manually resolve path relatively to `root_dir` to prevent escape

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Dear Sebastian, dear maintainers, This PR drafts a first implementation to address concerns raised in #311 review. Currently, paths are not manually resolved, and by following symbolic links, this _may_...

HorlogeSkynet

Support for Windows and Mac OS.

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Brought this up in Gitter and apparently this has had work done on it in a separate branch. (Link that here?). I've had multiple times where I wanted to have...

sethmlarson

Encourage using feature detection instead of distro name/version

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Hello! I'm the person responsible for dropping `platform.linux_distrubution` from Python 3.8. We're now recommending `distro` instead. Thank you for all the work going into this module – it's certainly useful...

encukou

uname_info() return empty string on ubuntu20.04 and Fedora34

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is this expected? ``` distro.__version__ '1.6.0' print(distro.uname_info()) {} ```

braindevices

CloudLinux VM not recognized

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I've encountered a CloudLinux VM that `distro` is unable to recognize: ```console $ distro Name: Version: Codename: $ python -c 'import distro; print(distro.linux_distribution())' ('', '', '') ``` The problem is...

adamjstewart

the distro.id() report different id other than lsb_release on CentosStream

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version: 1.4.0 `lsb_release -i -s` is `CentOSStream`. But distro.id() is centos. The distro.version() is report as `8`. There seems no way to distinguish the centos8-stream and centos8, except using the...

braindevices

Provide way to deal with distro inconsistencies

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There are Linux distros that have inconsistent information in the data sources that `ld` uses. For example , see issue #78 about Linux Mint. In that case, the precedence implemented...

andy-maier

Testcase for Mandriva Linux is missing

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Mandriva Linux (ID: `mandriva`) is one of the distros with a reliable ID. A testcase should be added. If you want to help, it is sufficient to post to this...

andy-maier