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diff --git a/setuptools/_distutils/_platform.py b/setuptools/_distutils/_platform.py
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+import re
+import pathlib
+import contextlib
+
+
+# from jaraco.context
+class suppress(contextlib.suppress, contextlib.ContextDecorator):
+    """
+    A version of contextlib.suppress with decorator support.
+
+    >>> @suppress(KeyError)
+    ... def key_error():
+    ...     {}['']
+    >>> key_error()
+    """
+
+
+@suppress(Exception)
+def is_debian():
+    issue = pathlib.Path('/etc/issue').read_text()
+    return bool(re.search('(debian|buntu|mint)', issue, re.IGNORE_CASE))