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+The platform.linux_distribution method was introduced in Python 2.6. Some
+of the Buildroot autobuilders still use Python 2.5, which is causing build
+failures such as the following.
+
+ http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/045f1f69bac170d8e75cb4952a2e5b4e85a677b8/build-end.log
+
+This patch removes the linux distribution check from the gpsd SConstruct file.
+
+Signed-off-by: Simon Dawson <spdawson@gmail.com>
+diff -Nurp a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
+--- a/SConstruct 2012-07-30 07:57:16.515688546 +0100
++++ b/SConstruct 2012-07-30 08:00:30.135679914 +0100
+@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ systemd = os.path.exists("/usr/share/sys
+
+ # Set distribution-specific defaults here
+ imloads = True
+-if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+- (distro, version, cutename) = platform.linux_distribution()
+- if distro == 'Fedora':
+- if int(version) >= 13:
+- # See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ChangeInImplicitDSOLinking
+- imloads = False
+- elif os.path.exists("/etc/arch-release"):
+- imloads = False
+
+ # Does our platform has a working memory-barrier instruction?
+ # The shared-memory export won't be reliable without it.