New submission from Sam Ferencik: distutils.util.get_platform() semantically differs on (a) Windows and OS X, and on (b) Linux.
Windows/OS X: the return value is derived from the architecture of the *interpreter*, hence for 32-bit Python running on a 64-bit system, get_platform() = 'win32'/'macosx-10.6-i386' (32-bit). Linux: the return value is derived from the architecture of the *OS*, hence for 32-bit Python running on 64-bit Linux get_platform() = 'linux-x86_64' (64-bit). Based on a discussion on distutils-sig, the Linux behaviour is probably wrong and should be changed. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2013-August/subject.html My context (where this hit me): I was installing the 32-bit version of the Perforce API (compiled module) on 64-bit Windows and on 64-bit Linux. My command-line was python3.3-32 setup.py install --root FOO --install-platlib=lib.$PLAT (note the '-32' and the '$PLAT') On Windows, this installed the 32-bit version of the API into "FOO\lib.win32". On Linux, this installed the 64-bit version of the API into "FOO/lib.linux-x86_64". ---------- assignee: eric.araujo components: Distutils messages: 197363 nosy: eric.araujo, sferencik, tarek priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: distutils.utils.get_platform() for 32-bit Python on a 64-bit machine type: behavior versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18987> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
