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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2585' xml:id='l2h-2585' class="function">dist</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>distname='', version='', id='',
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<dd>
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  Returns a tuple <code>(<var>distname</var>, <var>version</var>, <var>id</var>)</code>
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  <td><var>executable=sys.executable, lib='',
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  Tries to determine the libc version against which the file
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Note that this function has intimate knowledge of how different
  libc versions add symbols to the executable is probably only
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