From 6406ca564a0ba3a6fd32b4be2d9ed0d985c94987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bryan <bryanroessler@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:48:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] If VERSION_ID is empty, treat as new

---
 installJRMC | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index cc44da0..2fbd54f 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ install_mc_repo() {
       [[ -n $BETAPASS ]] && channel="beta" || channel="latest"
       local major_version="${VERSION_ID%%.*}"
       local keyfile="/usr/share/keyrings/jriver-com-archive-keyring.gpg"
-      if [[ $ID == "ubuntu" && $major_version -ge 24 ]] ||
-      [[ $ID == "debian" && $major_version -ge 12 ]]; then
+      if [[ ($ID == "ubuntu" && $major_version -ge 24) ||
+      ($ID == "debian" && (-z $major_version || $major_version -ge 12)) ]]; then
         if [[ $channel == "beta" ]]; then
           repo_file="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/jriver-beta.sources"
         else