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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# @file
+#
+# Installer (Unix-like)
+# Information about the host system/Linux distribution
+
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+# available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
+# License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+#
+
+# Print information about a Linux system
+# @param distribution name of the distribution
+# @param version      version of the distribution
+print_linux_info () {
+    # The following regex is not quite correct for an e-mail address, as
+    # the local part may not start or end with a dot.  Please correct if
+    # this upsets you.
+    kern_ver=`cat /proc/version | sed -e 's/ ([a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%*/?^{}\`+=_-]*@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*)//'`
+    echo "Distribution: $1 | Version: $2 | Kernel: $kern_ver"
+}
+
+# Determine the distribution name and release for a Linux system and print
+# send the information to stdout using the print_linux_info function.
+# For practical reasons (i.e. lack of time), this function only gives
+# information for distribution releases considered "of interest" and reports
+# others as unknown.  It can be extended later if other distributions are
+# found to be "of interest".
+get_linux_info () {
+    if which lsb_release > /dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        # LSB-compliant system
+        print_linux_info `lsb_release -i -s` `lsb_release -r -s`
+    elif [ -r /etc/debian_version ]
+    then
+        # Debian-based system
+        release=`cat /etc/debian_version`
+        print_linux_info "Debian" $release
+    elif [ -r /etc/mandriva-release ]
+    then
+        # Mandriva-based system
+        release=`cat /etc/mandriva-release | sed -e 's/[A-Za-z ]* release //'`
+        print_linux_info "Mandriva" $release
+    elif [ -r /etc/fedora-release ]
+    then
+        # Fedora-based
+        release=`cat /etc/fedora-release | sed -e 's/[A-Za-z ]* release //'`
+        print_linux_info "Fedora" $release
+    elif [ -r /etc/SuSE-release ]
+    then
+        # SUSE-based.
+        release=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep "VERSION" | sed -e 's/VERSION = //'`
+        if grep openSUSE /etc/SuSE-release
+        then
+            # Is it worth distinguishing here?  I did it mainly to prevent
+            # confusion with the version number
+            print_linux_info "openSUSE" $release
+        else
+            print_linux_info "SUSE" $release
+        fi
+    elif [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ]
+    then
+        # Gentoo-based
+        release=`cat /etc/gentoo-release | sed -e 's/[A-Za-z ]* release //'`
+        print_linux_info "Gentoo" $release
+    elif [ -r /etc/slackware-version ]
+    then
+        # Slackware
+        release=`cat /etc/slackware-version | sed -e 's/Slackware //'`
+        print_linux_info "Slackware" $release
+    elif [ -r /etc/arch-release ]
+    then
+        # Arch Linux
+        print_linux_info "Arch Linux" "none"
+    elif [ -r /etc/redhat-release ]
+    then
+        # Redhat-based.  This should come near the end, as it other
+        # distributions may give false positives.
+        release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | sed -e 's/[A-Za-z ]* release //'`
+        print_linux_info "Redhat" $release
+    else
+        print_linux_info "unknown" "unknown"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Print information about a Solaris system.  FIXME.
+get_solaris_info () {
+    kernel=`uname -v`
+    echo "Kernel: $kernel"
+}
+
+# Print information about a MacOS system.  FIXME.
+get_macos_info () {
+    machine=`uname -m`
+    kernel=`uname -v`
+    echo "Machine: $machine | Kernel: $kernel"
+}
+
+# Print information about a FreeBSD system.  FIXME.
+get_freebsd_info () {
+    kernel=`uname -v`
+    echo "Kernel: $kernel"
+}
+
+system=`uname -s`
+case "$system" in
+Linux|linux)
+    get_linux_info
+    ;;
+SunOS)
+    get_solaris_info
+    ;;
+Darwin)
+    get_macos_info
+    ;;
+FreeBSD)
+    get_freebsd_info
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "System unknown"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+exit 0