Closes #16112: platform.architecture does not correctly escape argument to /usr/bin/file. Solve a 2.7 bootstrap issue
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index e94a32a..d177499 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
__version__ = '1.0.7'
-import sys,string,os,re,subprocess
+import sys,string,os,re
### Globals & Constants
@@ -1020,6 +1020,26 @@
case the command should fail.
"""
+
+ # We do the import here to avoid a bootstrap issue.
+ # See c73b90b6dadd changeset.
+ #
+ # [..]
+ # ranlib libpython2.7.a
+ # gcc -o python \
+ # Modules/python.o \
+ # libpython2.7.a -lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm
+ # Traceback (most recent call last):
+ # File "./setup.py", line 8, in <module>
+ # from platform import machine as platform_machine
+ # File "[..]/build/Lib/platform.py", line 116, in <module>
+ # import sys,string,os,re,subprocess
+ # File "[..]/build/Lib/subprocess.py", line 429, in <module>
+ # import select
+ # ImportError: No module named select
+
+ import subprocess
+
if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
# XXX Others too ?
return default