[Linux] "lsb_release" requirement

[ginn]

Hello,

I use FreeFileSync from a long time and noticed that starting from the 10.23 release, "lsb_release" is required on Linux.
For information, "lsb_release" is not installed by default on all Linux distributions (For instance, Fedora, Arch Linux, ...) This makes FreeFileSync crashing if this tool is not available with an error message saying to reinstall FreeFileSync.


The recommended way to fix this issue is to rely on "/etc/os-release" instead of "lsb_release" (That can still be used as fall-back). "/etc/os-release" is a standard and is now used on a wide majority of distribution. It is a simple text file to parse.


Until fixed, Fedora/CentOS/RHEL users requires to install the "redhat-lsb-core" to fix this issue.

[bgstack15]

Yes, if possible, please make this functionality skip any errors about lack of lsb_release and similar!

[Zenju]

Fixed. FFS will be using /etc/os-release instead:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/60qwi4r4mrlzrui/FreeFileSync_10.24_Linux.tar.gz
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9hdb7hn9tke19wb/FreeFileSync_10.24_%5BDonation_Edition%5D_Linux.zip

[ginn]

Thanks for the fix !