Python

platform module reports imprecise distribution information

Bug #54692 reported by Ryan Lovett on 2006-07-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #196526: ubuntu's platform.dist() always returns debian lenny/sid . Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Python	Unknown	Unknown	sf #1565037
	python2.4 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Matthias Klose

Bug Description

Binary package hint: python2.4

>>> import platform
>>> platform.dist()
('debian', 'testing/unstable', '')

It appears it is retrieving this information from /etc/debian_version. In my opinion, this should return ('ubuntu', '6.06', 'dapper') as it would help to distinguish between Ubuntu versions in python scripts. platform.py should probably be informed about /etc/lsb-release but I guess that's a decision for upstream.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote on 2006-09-25:

patch sent to upstream; won't apply before applied upstream

Changed in python2.4:
assignee:	nobody → doko
importance:	Untriaged → Low
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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