From faa7284e5bc4c72bc8744987acdf3297b5d2e7e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben <code@bnavigator.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:03:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] platform.linux_distribution() was removed in Python 3.8. Move
 to distro package (#458)

---
 requirements.txt                    | 3 ++-
 skbuild/platform_specifics/linux.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7111c997..66c7b92f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 wheel>=0.29.0
 setuptools>=28.0.0
-packaging
\ No newline at end of file
+packaging
+distro
diff --git a/skbuild/platform_specifics/linux.py b/skbuild/platform_specifics/linux.py
index c13666a7..431017f8 100644
--- a/skbuild/platform_specifics/linux.py
+++ b/skbuild/platform_specifics/linux.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """This module defines object specific to Linux platform."""
 
+import distro
 import platform
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def build_essential_install_cmd():
         """
         # gentoo, slackware: Compiler is available by default.
 
-        distribution_name = platform.linux_distribution()[0]
+        distribution_name = distro.id()
         cmd = ""
         if distribution_name in [
                 'debian', 'Ubuntu', 'mandrake', 'mandriva']: