[issue6983] Add specific get_platform() for freebsd
Stef Walter
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Sep 24 19:29:20 CEST 2009
Stef Walter <stef at memberwebs.com> added the comment:
Other OSs have special cases in get_platform() to specifically limit the
amount of code, and make proper decisions with regard to package
compatibility.
Here's an example this commit for Mac OS X: http://svn.python.org/view?
view=rev&revision=67988
It was discussed here at this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue4064
Another example is how linux has no version information at all (ie:
linux-i586). Perhaps this is why the easy_install authors thought their
package system worked. They only tested it on linux?
Yes I agree that obviously this cannot be changed for 2.6. But it would
be great to get this code in for python 2.7
Anyway, this is ultimately your call, since I don't have the 50,000 foot
view over the entire situation.
FWIW, I've had to patch python in a very large set of client
installations. This patch has become a routine in order to unbreak
python wrt to platform dependent packages.
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