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Clarify the deprecation of platform.dist(). 

Add versionadded tags.
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Marc-André Lemburg 2009-02-17 12:48:19 +00:00
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@ -234,7 +234,15 @@ Unix Platforms
.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...))
This is another name for :func:`linux_distribution`.
This is an old version of the functionality now provided by
:func:`linux_distribution`. For new code, please use the
:func:`linux_distribution`.
The only difference between the two is that ``dist()`` always
returns the short name of the distribution taken from the
``supported_dists`` parameter.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
.. function:: linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...), full_distribution_name=1)
@ -252,6 +260,8 @@ Unix Platforms
parameters. ``id`` is the item in parentheses after the version number. It
is usually the version codename.
.. versionadded:: 2.6
.. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048)
Tries to determine the libc version against which the file executable (defaults