'get_platform()' now just returns 'sys.platform' on all platforms.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 279f246..74df8aa 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -44,18 +44,10 @@
def get_platform ():
"""Return a string (suitable for tacking onto directory names) that
- identifies the current platform. Under Unix, identifies both the OS
- and hardware architecture, e.g. "linux-i586", "solaris-sparc",
- "irix-mips". For Windows and Mac OS, just returns 'sys.platform' --
- i.e. "???" or "???"."""
-
- if os.name == 'posix':
- (OS, _, rel, _, arch) = os.uname()
- return "%s%c-%s" % (string.lower (OS), rel[0], string.lower (arch))
- else:
- return sys.platform
-
-# get_platform()
+ identifies the current platform. Currently, this is just
+ 'sys.platform'.
+ """
+ return sys.platform
def convert_path (pathname):