Check /etc/os-release for Ubuntu version

Signed-off-by: Jono Yang <jyang@nexb.com>

Author: JonoYang

src/extractcode/vmimage.py

@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
+import platform
 import shutil
 import warnings
 
 import attr
+import pytest
 
 from commoncode import fileutils
 from commoncode.system import on_linux
@@ -74,6 +76,32 @@ def get_command(env_var=EXTRACTCODE_GUESTFISH_PATH_ENVVAR, command='guestfish'):
     return cmd_loc
 
 
+def get_etc_os_release_info(os_release_path='/etc/os-release'):
+    cfg_kv = {}
+    with open(os_release_path) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            split_line = line.split('=')
+            if not split_line:
+                continue
+            k = split_line[0].strip()
+            v = split_line[-1].strip()
+            cfg_kv[k] = v
+    return cfg_kv
+
+
+def is_on_ubuntu_22():
+    if not on_linux:
+        return False
+    os_release_info = get_etc_os_release_info()
+    print(os_release_info)
+    return os_release_info['ID'] == 'ubuntu' and '22' in os_release_info['VERSION_ID']
+
+on_ubuntu_22 = is_on_ubuntu_22()
+
+del is_on_ubuntu_22
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(on_ubuntu_22, reason='Kernel is not readable on Ubuntu 22.04')
 def check_linux_kernel_is_readable():
     """
     Return True if the kernel executable file can be read. This is required by