function centos_is_stupid {

  FUNCNAME="centos_is_stupid"

  if [[ "${HOST_DIST}" == "CentOS" || "${HOST_DIST}" == "RHEL" ]];
  then
    rpm -qa | egrep -q "^xorriso-[0-9]"
    if [[ "${?}" != "0" ]];
    then
      # Download/install the proper xorriso
      EL_VER="$(rpm -qa coreutils | sed -re 's/^coreutils-[0-9.-]*el([0-9])*.*$/\1/g')"
      if (("${EL_VER}" < "7"));
      then
        echo "Wow. Your CentOS/RHEL is too old. Sorry; this is only supported on CentOS/RHEL 7 and up."
        exit 1
      fi
      XORRISO_RPM=$(curl -s http://pkgs.repoforge.org/xorriso/ | egrep "\"xorriso-[0-9.-]*el${EL_VER}.rf.x86_64.rpm\"" | sed -re "s/^.*\"(xorriso[0-9.-]*el${EL_VER}.rf.x86_64.rpm).*$/\1/g")
      echo "Since you're using either CentOS or RHEL, we need to install xorriso directly from an RPM. Please wait while we do this..."
      curl -sLo /tmp/${XORRISO_RPM} http://pkgs.repoforge.org/xorriso/${XORRISO_RPM}
      yum -y install /tmp/${XORRISO_RPM} >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
      echo "Done."
      echo
    fi
    # We used to fetch and compile mksquashfs from source here, but no longer- because a new enough version is *finally* in CentOS repos as of CentOS 7.
  fi

  # UGH. And you know what? Fuck SUSE too.
  if [[ "${HOST_DIST}" == "openSUSE" || "${HOST_DIST}" == "SUSE" ]];
  then
    rpm -qa | egrep -q "^xorriso-[0-9]"
    if [[ "${?}" != "0" ]];
    then
      # Download/install the proper xorriso
      source /etc/os-release
      SUSE_VER="${VERSION_ID}"
      XORRISO_RPM=$(curl -s "http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3AKnolleblau&package=xorriso" | egrep "/openSUSE_${SUSE_VER}/x86_64/xorriso-[0-9.-]" | tail -n1 | sed -re 's|^.*x86_64/(xorriso-[0-9.-]*.x86_64.rpm).*$|\1|g')
      echo "Since you're using openSUSE or SLED/SLES, we need to install xorriso directly from an RPM. Please wait while we do this..."
      curl -sLo /tmp/${XORRISO_RPM} "http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Knolleblau/openSUSE_${SUSE_VER}/x86_64/${XORRISO_RPM}"
      zypper install --no-confirm -l /tmp/${XORRISO_RPM} >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
      echo "Done."
      echo
    fi
  fi
}