commit 6ce00b44405a478039d81a6c096620338b5d03a7
author Greg Ward <gward@python.net> Fri Mar 31 04:40:25 2000 +0000
committer Greg Ward <gward@python.net> Fri Mar 31 04:40:25 2000 +0000
tree 074fdc0a1beb30835cf8dddb7e8c97db352a2f26
parent 7d51034eefbadd7574f906ca3748ac0a42298544

Tweaked 'get_platform()' to include the first character of the OS release:
eg. sunos5, linux2, irix5.

Lib/distutils/util.py

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 6674d0a..63b6bec 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -545,10 +545,8 @@
        i.e. "???" or "???"."""
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
-        uname = os.uname()
-        OS = uname[0]
-        arch = uname[4]
-        return "%s-%s" % (string.lower (OS), string.lower (arch))
+        (OS, _, rel, _, arch) = os.uname()
+        return "%s%c-%s" % (string.lower (OS), rel[0], string.lower (arch))
     else:
         return sys.platform