[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2018-05-25 Thread Petr Viktorin
Petr Viktorin added the comment: linux_distribution is removed in Python 3.8. -- nosy: +petr.viktorin resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2014-06-20 Thread Ned Deily
Changes by Ned Deily n...@acm.org: -- nosy: +lemburg ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18872 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2014-06-19 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: The patch adds 'system' to _supported_dists in platform.py. I've no idea whether or not this is acceptable. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy type: behavior - enhancement ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2013-08-28 Thread Lorin Hochstein
New submission from Lorin Hochstein: 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

[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2013-08-28 Thread Lorin Hochstein
Lorin Hochstein added the comment: $ cat /etc/system-release Amazon Linux AMI release 2013.03 -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18872 ___

[issue18872] platform.linux_distribution() doesn't recognize Amazon Linux

2013-08-28 Thread Lorin Hochstein
Lorin Hochstein added the comment: 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. -- keywords: +patch Added file: