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diff --git a/site_scons/Utilities.py b/site_scons/Utilities.py
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+import os
+import stat
+import time
+import distutils.util
+
+
+platform = distutils.util.get_platform()
+
+def is_windows():
+    " Check if we're on a Windows platform"
+    if platform.startswith('win'):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+def whereis(filename):
+    """
+    An internal "whereis" routine to figure out if a given program
+    is available on this system.
+    """
+    exts = ['']
+    if is_windows():
+        exts += ['.exe']
+    for dir in os.environ['PATH'].split(os.pathsep):
+        f = os.path.join(dir, filename)
+        for ext in exts:
+            f_ext = f + ext
+            if os.path.isfile(f_ext):
+                try:
+                    st = os.stat(f_ext)
+                except:
+                    continue
+                if stat.S_IMODE(st[stat.ST_MODE]) & 0o111:
+                    return f_ext
+    return None
+
+# Datestring for debian
+# Should look like: Mon, 03 Nov 2016 13:37:42 -0700
+deb_date = time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", time.gmtime())
+
+
+