diff --git a/scripts/distro b/scripts/distro
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Detects which OS and if it is Linux then it will detect which Linux Distribution.
-
-OS=`uname -s`
-REV=`uname -r`
-MACH=`uname -m`
-
-if [ "${OS}" = "SunOS" ] ; then
-  OS=Solaris
-  ARCH=`uname -p`
-  OSSTR="${OS} ${REV}(${ARCH} `uname -v`)"
-
-elif [ "${OS}" = "AIX" ] ; then
-  OSSTR="${OS} `oslevel` (`oslevel -r`)"
-
-elif [ "${OS}" = "Linux" ] ; then
-  KERNEL=`uname -r`
-
-  if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] ; then
-    DIST=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $1}')
-    if [ "${DIST}" = "CentOS" ]; then
-      DIST="CentOS"
-    elif [ "${DIST}" = "Mandriva" ]; then
-      DIST="Mandriva"
-      PSEUDONAME=`cat /etc/mandriva-release | sed s/.*\(// | sed s/\)//`
-      REV=`cat /etc/mandriva-release | sed s/.*release\ // | sed s/\ .*//`
-    else
-      DIST="RedHat"
-    fi
-
-    PSEUDONAME=`cat /etc/redhat-release | sed s/.*\(// | sed s/\)//`
-    REV=`cat /etc/redhat-release | sed s/.*release\ // | sed s/\ .*//`
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ] ; then
-    DIST='Mandrake'
-    PSEUDONAME=`cat /etc/mandrake-release | sed s/.*\(// | sed s/\)//`
-    REV=`cat /etc/mandrake-release | sed s/.*release\ // | sed s/\ .*//`
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] ; then
-    DIST="Debian `cat /etc/debian_version`"
-    REV=""
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
-    DIST="Gentoo"
-    REV=$(tr -d '[[:alpha:]]' </etc/gentoo-release | tr -d " ")
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ] ; then
-    DIST="Arch Linux"
-    REV="" # Omit version since Arch Linux uses rolling releases
-    IGNORE_LSB=1 # /etc/lsb-release would overwrite $REV with "rolling"
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/os-release ] ; then
-    DIST=$(grep '^NAME=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '"')
-    REV=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '"')
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/openwrt_version ] ; then
-    DIST="OpenWrt"
-    REV=$(cat /etc/openwrt_version)
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/pld-release ] ; then
-    DIST=$(cat /etc/pld-release)
-    REV=""
-
-  elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ] ; then
-    DIST=$(echo SLES $(grep VERSION /etc/SuSE-release | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d " "))
-    REV=$(echo SP$(grep PATCHLEVEL /etc/SuSE-release | cut -d = -f 2 | tr -d " "))
-  fi
-
-  if [ -f /etc/lsb-release -a "${IGNORE_LSB}" != 1 ] ; then
-    LSB_DIST=$(lsb_release -si)
-    LSB_REV=$(lsb_release -sr)
-    if [ "$LSB_DIST" != "" ] ; then
-      DIST=$LSB_DIST
-    fi
-    if [ "$LSB_REV" != "" ] ; then
-      REV=$LSB_REV
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  if [ -n "${REV}" ]
-  then
-    OSSTR="${DIST} ${REV}"
-  else
-    OSSTR="${DIST}"
-  fi
-
-elif [ "${OS}" = "Darwin" ] ; then
-  if [ -f /usr/bin/sw_vers ] ; then
-    OSSTR=`/usr/bin/sw_vers|grep -v Build|sed 's/^.*:.//'| tr "\n" ' '`
-  fi
-
-elif [ "${OS}" = "FreeBSD" ] ; then
-  OSSTR=`/usr/bin/uname -mior`
-fi
-
-echo ${OSSTR}