Review OS detection code

[deoren]

Compare what is currently being done against the script available here:

https://packagecloud.io/tstack/lnav/install

detect_os ()
{
  if [[ ( -z "${os}" ) && ( -z "${dist}" ) ]]; then
    # some systems dont have lsb-release yet have the lsb_release binary and
    # vice-versa
    if [ -e /etc/lsb-release ]; then
      . /etc/lsb-release

      if [ "${ID}" = "raspbian" ]; then
        os=${ID}
        dist=`cut --delimiter='.' -f1 /etc/debian_version`
      else
        os=${DISTRIB_ID}
        dist=${DISTRIB_CODENAME}

        if [ -z "$dist" ]; then
          dist=${DISTRIB_RELEASE}
        fi
      fi

    elif [ `which lsb_release 2>/dev/null` ]; then
      dist=`lsb_release -c | cut -f2`
      os=`lsb_release -i | cut -f2 | awk '{ print tolower($1) }'`

    elif [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
      # some Debians have jessie/sid in their /etc/debian_version
      # while others have '6.0.7'
      os=`cat /etc/issue | head -1 | awk '{ print tolower($1) }'`
      if grep -q '/' /etc/debian_version; then
        dist=`cut --delimiter='/' -f1 /etc/debian_version`
      else
        dist=`cut --delimiter='.' -f1 /etc/debian_version`
      fi

    else
      unknown_os
    fi
  fi

  if [ -z "$dist" ]; then
    unknown_os
  fi

  # remove whitespace from OS and dist name
  os="${os// /}"
  dist="${dist// /}"

  echo "Detected operating system as $os/$dist."
}