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diff --git a/portato/helper.py b/portato/helper.py
index 1ae6264..d3fc70b 100644
--- a/portato/helper.py
+++ b/portato/helper.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
"""
Some nice functions used in the program.
"""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import absolute_import, with_statement
import os, signal, logging, grp
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ def send_signal_to_group (sig):
pgid = os.getpgrp()
os.killpg(pgid, sig)
+def get_runsystem ():
+ # check for sabayon first, as sabayon also has the gentoo release
+ for sp in ("/etc/sabayon-release", "/etc/sabayon-edition"):
+ if os.path.exists(sp):
+ with open(sp) as r:
+ return ("Sabayon", r.readline().strip())
+
+ if os.path.exists("/etc/gentoo-release"):
+ return ("Gentoo", "")
+
+ else: return ("Unknown", "")
+
def paren_reduce(mystr):
"""
Take a string and convert all paren enclosed entities into sublists, optionally