DaveC ugly patch to make things work backwards.

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< get_distro_info()
---
> try:
>     get_distro_info()
> except:
>     # NOTE: Nasty hack by David
>     # Don't break older system's freeze!
>     # Leave them fail and provide backwards compatibility as an exception
>        RELEASE_CODENAME_LOOKUP = {
>         '1.1' : 'buzz',
>         '1.2' : 'rex',
>         '1.3' : 'bo',
>         '2.0' : 'hamm',
>         '2.1' : 'slink',
>         '2.2' : 'potato',
>         '3.0' : 'woody',
>         '3.1' : 'sarge',
>         '4.0' : 'etch',
>         '5.0' : 'lenny',
>         '6.0' : 'squeeze',
>         '7.0' : 'wheezy',
>         '8.0' : 'jessie',
>     }
>
>     TESTING_CODENAME = 'unknown.new.testing'
>
>     RELEASES_ORDER = list(RELEASE_CODENAME_LOOKUP.items())
>     RELEASES_ORDER.sort()
>     RELEASES_ORDER = list(list(zip(*RELEASES_ORDER))[1])
>     RELEASES_ORDER.extend(['stable', 'testing', 'unstable', 'sid'])
>