[PATCH 2 of 4] builddeb: add --distid option to specify Distributor ID

[Anton Shestakov]

04.12.2015, 04:21, "Mykola Nikishov" <mn at mn.com.ua>:
> Anton Shestakov <av6 at dwimlabs.net> writes:
>
>>  # HG changeset patch
>>  # User Anton Shestakov <av6 at dwimlabs.net>
>>  # Date 1448435703 -28800
>>  # Wed Nov 25 15:15:03 2015 +0800
>>  # Node ID 0430482d6e4d5f474799f84bb1d91bf5811b4031
>>  # Parent a038414cc0ccbf0874c506765c4ca7e09358bb17
>>  builddeb: add --distid option to specify Distributor ID
>>
>>  This allows builddeb to handle distributions that are not Debian.
>>
>>  Distributor ID is reported by lsb_release --id, and in case of builddeb it's
>>  usually Debian or Ubuntu.
>
> Just for the record: Debian drops all the LSB compatibility packages
> besides lsb-release and lsb-base, [1], [2]
>
> [1] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/l/lsb/lsb_9.20150917_changelog
> [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lsb/2015/11/msg00000.html

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like all of the installations I can check only have lsb-base and lsb-release. And as long as lsb_release --id and --codename work, we're good.