At 11:14 PM 2/10/2006 +0100, Elvelind Grandin wrote:

On 2/10/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> wrote:

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There is no reliable way to tell what distribution you are in, if all you have is the directory name. If you have a *module* name, however, you can use get_provider(modulename).get_metadata('PKG-INFO') to retrieve the package's PKG-INFO text, which you can then use to find the distribution name and version.

The problem is that the package might not be installed. And get_provides needs it to be right?

The module just needs to be importable.