[Distutils] Re: [Python-Dev] Killing off bdist_dumb

[Mats Wichmann]

 >>   Andrew> (But how can you tell whether a Linux distribution uses RPM
 >>   Andrew> or DEB natively?)
 >>
 >> checking for the presence of /etc/redhat_release or
 >> /etc/debian.version (or whatever their actual spelling is) would give
 >> you a good guess.
 >
 >For SuSE this would be /etc/SuSE-release (at least for 8.1).

and /etc/Mandrake-release, and /etc/UnitedLinux-release, etc.
This looks like a slippery slope to venture down...