[issue9514] platform.linux_distribution() under Ubuntu returns ('debian', 'squeeze/sid', '')

[Simon Cross]

Simon Cross <hodgestar at gmail.com> added the comment:

Patch attached to check /etc/lsb-release before checking other files. Taken from Ubuntu Python 2.6 copy of platform.py. Applies against trunk (r83728) with a small offset against py3k (r83728).

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keywords: +patch
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18389/use-lsb-release-first.diff

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