Issue 18872: platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux (original) (raw)

Created on 2013-08-28 20:59 by Lorin.Hochstein, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg196420 - (view) Author: Lorin Hochstein (Lorin.Hochstein) Date: 2013-08-28 20:59
Amazon EC2 has their own Fedora-like Linux distribution (http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/). This distribution isn't recognized by platform.linux_distribution(): >>> import platform >>> platform.linux_distribution() ('', '', '') $ cat /etc/issue Amazon Linux AMI release 2013.03 Kernel \r on an \m Tested on Python 2.6.8.
msg196423 - (view) Author: Lorin Hochstein (Lorin.Hochstein) Date: 2013-08-28 21:11
$ cat /etc/system-release Amazon Linux AMI release 2013.03
msg196440 - (view) Author: Lorin Hochstein (Lorin.Hochstein) Date: 2013-08-29 00:59
Adding 'system' as one of the supported distros does the trick. >>> platform.linux_distribution(supported_dists=['system']) ('Amazon Linux AMI', '2013.03', '') Simple patch attached.
msg221055 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) * Date: 2014-06-20 00:06
The patch adds 'system' to _supported_dists in platform.py. I've no idea whether or not this is acceptable.
msg317691 - (view) Author: Petr Viktorin (petr.viktorin) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-05-25 17:21
linux_distribution is removed in Python 3.8.
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2018-05-25 17:21:18 petr.viktorin set status: open -> closednosy: + petr.viktorinmessages: + resolution: out of datestage: resolved
2014-06-20 06:14:30 ned.deily set nosy: + lemburg
2014-06-20 00:06:21 BreamoreBoy set type: behavior -> enhancementmessages: + nosy: + BreamoreBoy
2013-08-29 00:59:37 Lorin.Hochstein set files: + amazon-linux.patchkeywords: + patchmessages: +
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