[Libguestfs] distro checking

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 10:09:27PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:36:50PM +0200, Evaggelos Balaskas wrote:
> > NOT a problem,
> > 
> > just a question about distro checking:
> > 
> > the default value is REDHAT,
> > then you check debian (or ubuntu)
> > and then archlinux
> > 
> > why are you using two if statements ?
> 
> It is only used here:

Actually, did I answer that question?  Maybe not ...

The configure script is trying to guess what package names to pass to
febootstrap to build the appliance.  So it tries to guess the distro
using some very simple-minded tests.

Rich.

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