case $(cat /etc/debian_version) in
6.*) distro=squeeze ;;
7.*) distro=wheezy ;;
- 8.*) distro=jessie ;;
+ # might be that I'm getting 'jessie'sid' just because it's still testing..
+ 8.*|jessie*) distro=jessie ;;
*) distro=unknown.debian.in.build.common ;;
esac
fi