Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: >> The only way I can read this argument that makes any sense to me is >> that you are arguing for a precise build-time OS string. If it is >> supposed to be an argument in favor of keeping 'linux3' it makes no >> sense, since '2' vs '3' is in no way a useful line of demarcation >> when it comes to linux.
The build time Linux kernel has no effect on Python's build procedure whatsoever. Python does not use the kernel at all for building; it only uses the C library headers, and the kernel headers that happen to be incorporated into the version of the C library installed. That affects what features get selected during build time. Notice that the proposed fix to keep os.platform to "linux2" actually means that there is *no change*, as os.platform always was "linux2" on the system. It is a bug that it reports "linux3" in some cases, and that bug is being fixed. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12326> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
