[Distutils] distutils.util.get_platform() - Linux vs Windows

[Donald Stufft]

AFAIK Wheel is using that to determine binary compatibility, so if a 32bit Python
on a 64bit Linux needs to be linux_32 that could be a problem.


On Aug 20, 2013, at 2:15 AM, <samuel.ferencik at barclays.com> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Barker - NOAA Federal [mailto:chris.barker at noaa.gov] 
>> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 7:13 PM
>> To: Ferencik, Samuel: Markets (PRG)
>> Cc: distutils-sig at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [Distutils] distutils.util.get_platform() - Linux vs Windows
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:18 AM,  <samuel.ferencik at barclays.com> wrote:
>>> It seems distutils.util.get_platform() semantically differs on Windows and
>>> Linux.
>>> 
>>> Windows: the return value is derived from the architecture of the
>>> *interpreter*, hence for 32-bit Python running on 64-bit Windows
>>> get_platform() = 'win32' (32-bit).
>>> 
>>> Linux: the return value is derived from the architecture of the *OS*, hence
>>> for 32-bit Python running on 64-bit Linux get_platform() = 'linux-x86_64'
>>> (64-bit).
>>> 
>>> Is this intentional?
>> 
>> This seems just plain wrong to me.
>> 
>> For the record, running a 32 bit Python on a 64 bit OS_X box:
>> 
>> In [5]: distutils.util.get_platform()
>> Out[5]: 'macosx-10.6-i386'
>> 
>> which is the answer I want.
>> 
>> -Chris
> 
> Chris,
> 
> What does your 'uname -m' return? Is it possible you're really running a 32-bit
> Python on a *32-bit* OS X kernel? [http://superuser.com/q/161195]
> 
> Basically, you're saying that the return value is wrong on Linux and correct on
> Windows, right? That get_platform() should return "32-bit" for a 32-bit process
> running on a 64-bit system. TBH, I was expecting the opposite; to me, "platform"
> means the OS, which would mean that Linux does well to derive the return value
> from the OS's architecture.
> 
> Sam
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