working on dat cross-distro support....

lib/00-depcheck.func.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# placeholder...
+function so_check_me_out {
+
+ if [[ -n ${HOST_DIST} ]]; 
+ then
+   if [[ ! -f ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs/${HOST_DIST}/meta || ! -f ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs/${HOST_DIST}/pkgs ]]; 
+   then
+     echo "ERROR: You have specified ${HOST_DIST} as your host system's distro, but it is missing a meta and/or pkgs profile."
+     exit 1
+   fi  
+ fi
+
+ if [[ -z ${HOST_DIST} ]]; 
+ then
+   for dist_profile in $(find ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs -type f -name 'meta');
+   do  
+     source ${dist_profile}
+     if [[ ${SUPPORTED} != "yes" ]];
+     then
+       continue 
+     fi
+     eval "${CHECK_METHOD}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+     if [[ "${?}" == "0" ]]; 
+     then
+       export HOST_DIST=${NAME}
+       echo "Detected distro as ${HOST_DIST}."
+       break 2
+     fi
+   done
+ fi
+
+# So we've validated the distro. Here, check for packages and install if necessary. maybe use an array, but it'd be better to soft-fail if one of the packages is missing.
+
+}