Support Linux Mint in BuildLinux.sh (map to Ubuntu base)#582
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Linux Mint reports ID=linuxmint in /etc/os-release and has no matching linux.d profile, so BuildLinux.sh aborted with "distribution not supported". Map linuxmint to its Ubuntu equivalent: Mint 22.x (Ubuntu 24.04 base) -> debian2, else debian. Uses an integer major-version compare to avoid a bc dependency during detection.
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Summary
BuildLinux.shaborts on Linux Mint with "Your distribution does not appear tobe currently supported by these build scripts", so Mint users can't build.
Cause
Distro detection reads
ID=from/etc/os-releaseand mapsubuntuto thedebian/debian2profiles, but Linux Mint reportsID=linuxmint, for whichthere is no
linux.d/profile — so the script exits early before configuring.Fix
Treat Linux Mint like its Ubuntu base, mirroring the existing
ubuntuhandling:debian2debianUses an integer major-version comparison (
${VERSION_ID%%.*}) so detection doesnot depend on
bcbeing installed.Testing
Built on Linux Mint 22.3 (Ubuntu 24.04 base, GCC 13):
sudo ./BuildLinux.sh -unow resolves to the
debian2profile and installs the dependencies, and a full-d/-s/-ibuild completes.Notes
Linux-only; no effect on detection for other distributions. Reuses the
debian2profile and mirrors theubuntu→debian2logic already present inthe script.