From 8351c8923a4e2ca76f16642c1642a0b85eaec5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian McInerney <ian.s.mcinerney@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 00:30:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make version info work without lsb-release installed

---
 common/build_version.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/build_version.cpp b/common/build_version.cpp
index 09be594f28..ce6d68e1ca 100644
--- a/common/build_version.cpp
+++ b/common/build_version.cpp
@@ -175,12 +175,20 @@ wxString GetVersionInfoData( const wxString& aTitle, bool aHtml, bool aBrief )
 
     aMsg << eol;
 
-    aMsg << "Platform: "
+    wxString osDescription;
+
 #if __LINUX__
-         << wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo().Description << ", "
-#else
-         << wxGetOsDescription() << ", "
+    osDescription = wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo().Description;
 #endif
+
+    // Linux uses the lsb-release program to get the description of the OS, if lsb-release
+    // isn't installed, then the string will be empty and we fallback to the method used on
+    // the other platforms (to at least get the kernel/uname info).
+     if( osDescription.empty() )
+         osDescription = wxGetOsDescription();
+
+    aMsg << "Platform: "
+         << osDescription << ", "
          << GetPlatformGetBitnessName() << ", "
          << platform.GetEndiannessName() << ", "
          << platform.GetPortIdName();