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bpo-28167: Remove platform._dist_try_harder() #10787

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48 changes: 0 additions & 48 deletions Lib/platform.py
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Expand Up @@ -227,54 +227,6 @@ def libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384):
pos = m.end()
return lib, version

def _dist_try_harder(distname, version, id):

""" Tries some special tricks to get the distribution
information in case the default method fails.

Currently supports older SuSE Linux, Caldera OpenLinux and
Slackware Linux distributions.

"""
if os.path.exists('/var/adm/inst-log/info'):
# SuSE Linux stores distribution information in that file
distname = 'SuSE'
for line in open('/var/adm/inst-log/info'):
tv = line.split()
if len(tv) == 2:
tag, value = tv
else:
continue
if tag == 'MIN_DIST_VERSION':
version = value.strip()
elif tag == 'DIST_IDENT':
values = value.split('-')
id = values[2]
return distname, version, id

if os.path.exists('/etc/.installed'):
# Caldera OpenLinux has some infos in that file (thanks to Colin Kong)
for line in open('/etc/.installed'):
pkg = line.split('-')
if len(pkg) >= 2 and pkg[0] == 'OpenLinux':
# XXX does Caldera support non Intel platforms ? If yes,
# where can we find the needed id ?
return 'OpenLinux', pkg[1], id

if os.path.isdir('/usr/lib/setup'):
# Check for slackware version tag file (thanks to Greg Andruk)
verfiles = os.listdir('/usr/lib/setup')
for n in range(len(verfiles)-1, -1, -1):
if verfiles[n][:14] != 'slack-version-':
del verfiles[n]
if verfiles:
verfiles.sort()
distname = 'slackware'
version = verfiles[-1][14:]
return distname, version, id

return distname, version, id

def popen(cmd, mode='r', bufsize=-1):

""" Portable popen() interface.
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