Michael Felt added the comment: FYI: build as 64-bit (and shall only build as 64-bit from now I expect) and the output works as: ============================== aixtools.python:aixtools.python.man.en_US:2.7.11.0::I:C:::::N:man pages::::0:: aixtools.python:aixtools.python.rte:2.7.11.0::I:C:::::N:built 04-Mar-2016 1232 UTC::::0:: ============================== root@x064:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]./python Python 2.7.11 (default, Mar 4 2016, 12:29:39) [C] on aix5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sysconfig >>> sysconfig.is_python_build() True >>> import distutils.util >>> distutils.util.get_platform() 'aix-5.3' >>> import os >>> os.uname() ('AIX', 'x064', '3', '5', '00C291F54C00') >>> import platform >>> platform.architecture() ('64bit', '') >>> import os, sys >>> sys.maxsize 9223372036854775807 >>> 2**32 4294967296 >>>
I was wondering if there is a PEP statement somewhere re: distutils.util.get_platform() semantics ---------- _______________________________________ 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