changeset:   71979:c816479f6aaf
branch:      2.7
parent:      71974:3e093590ac57
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>
date:        Sat Aug 20 14:02:38 2011 +0200
files:       Misc/NEWS configure configure.in
description:
Issue #12326: sys.platform is now always 'linux2' on Linux

Even if Python is compiled on Linux 3.


diff -r 3e093590ac57 -r c816479f6aaf Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Fri Aug 19 22:54:33 2011 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sat Aug 20 14:02:38 2011 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12326: sys.platform is now always 'linux2' on Linux, even if Python
+  is compiled on Linux 3.
+
 - Issue #9173: Let shutil._make_archive work if the logger argument is None.
 
 - Issue #12650: Fix a race condition where a subprocess.Popen could leak
diff -r 3e093590ac57 -r c816479f6aaf configure
--- a/configure	Fri Aug 19 22:54:33 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure	Sat Aug 20 14:02:38 2011 +0200
@@ -2995,6 +2995,7 @@
 	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
 
 	case $MACHDEP in
+	linux*) MACHDEP="linux2";;
 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
 	darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;
 	atheos*) MACHDEP="atheos";;
diff -r 3e093590ac57 -r c816479f6aaf configure.in
--- a/configure.in	Fri Aug 19 22:54:33 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure.in	Sat Aug 20 14:02:38 2011 +0200
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
 	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
 
 	case $MACHDEP in
+	linux*) MACHDEP="linux2";;
 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
 	darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;
 	atheos*) MACHDEP="atheos";;