Simon Cross <hodges...@gmail.com> added the comment: I think the problem might be that linux_distribution() reads /etc/debian_version first. The contents of the relevant files in /etc look like:
$ cat /etc/debian_version squeeze/sid $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS" ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9514> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com