Add Archlinux to list of supported distros

There is a bug with `platform.linux_distribution()`, which returns an
empty value on Archlinux with python2.

This bug is fixed in python3, but *will not* be fixed in python2.

This patch fixes that issue with a dirty hack: on archlinux, there is a
file that can be used to detect an archlinux machine. that file is
`/etc/arch-release`. if the file exists, then the OS variable will be
set to "linux-arch".

You can learn more about that issue on the python bug platform:
https://bugs.python.org/issue20454

Signed-off-by: Philippe Loctaux <loctauxphilippe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
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Philippe Loctaux 2018-08-17 12:27:41 +02:00 committed by Nicolas Sebrecht
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@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ def get_os_name():
DISTRO = platform.linux_distribution()[0]
if DISTRO:
OS = OS + "-%s" % DISTRO.split()[0].lower()
if os.path.exists('/etc/arch-release'):
OS = "linux-arch"
return OS