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clean up docs for platform's linux_distribution and dist functions

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Benjamin Peterson 2008-09-22 22:13:29 +00:00
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@ -234,29 +234,23 @@ Unix Platforms
.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...))
Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name Returns a tuple
``(distname, version, id)`` which defaults to the args given as parameters.
``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
name.
This is another name for :func:`linux_distribution`.
.. function:: linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...), full_distribution_name=1)
Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name.
``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
name.
``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux distributions to
look for. It defaults to a list of currently supported Linux distributions
identified by their release file name.
If ``full_distribution_name`` is true (default), the full
distribution read from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name
taken from ``supported_dists`` is used.
If ``full_distribution_name`` is true (default), the full distribution read
from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name taken from
``supported_dists`` is used.
Returns a tuple ``(distname,version,id)`` which defaults to the
args given as parameters.
Returns a tuple ``(distname,version,id)`` which defaults to the args given as
parameters. ``id`` is the item in parentheses after the version number. It
is usually the version codename.
.. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048)