--- loncom/build/distprobe	2019/05/27 01:26:31	1.22
+++ loncom/build/distprobe	2019/07/02 19:40:31	1.23
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: distprobe,v 1.22 2019/05/27 01:26:31 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: distprobe,v 1.23 2019/07/02 19:40:31 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@
 
 my $dist='default';
 my $unknown;
-if (-e '/etc/redhat-release') {
+if (-e '/etc/oracle-release') {
+    open(IN,'</etc/oracle-release');
+    my $versionstring=<IN>;
+    chomp($versionstring);
+    close(IN);
+    if ($versionstring =~ /^Oracle Linux Server release (\d+)/) {
+        $dist = 'oracle'.$1;
+    }
+} elsif (-e '/etc/redhat-release') {
     open(IN,'</etc/redhat-release');
     my $versionstring=<IN>;
     chomp($versionstring);