Bug 1087704

Hello!


Working on some external software installation scripts (e.g. nginx amplify now) to have compatibility with SuSE distros, I faced with problem to have info of /etc/*-release output simultaneuosly for couple of main (open-)SUSE disros: Leap, Tumbleweed, SLES, SLED, etc.

For example, installation script has a snippet for os detection:
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if ! ls /etc/*-release > /dev/null 2>&1; then
            os=`uname -s | \
                tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
        else
            os=`cat /etc/*-release | grep '^ID=' | \
                sed 's/^ID=["]*\([a-zA-Z]*\).*$/\1/' | \
                tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`

            if [ -z "$os" ]; then
                if grep -i "oracle linux" /etc/*-release > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
                   grep -i "red hat" /etc/*-release > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                    os="rhel"
                else
                    if grep -i "centos" /etc/*-release > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                        os="centos"
                    else
                        os="linux"
                    fi
             fi
          fi
      fi
echo $os
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Here ID -field is parsed to get OS name. And here I need to get some unified name, like `SUSE`, which will be applicable for all main SUSE distros.

Solution:
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To install couple SUSE distros on VMs -- yes, it's a way. But long and inconvenient. Can we have something, like online helper, which will give such information? This is not secret info and can give a great helpful advantage on working for compatibility of external software for SuSE distros.

Please, consider! Thanks!