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Closes patch #785752 and bug #726911. Should be backported after correctness and such has been verified by Fred.
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\input{liblocale}
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\input{libgettext}
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\input{liblogging}
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\input{libplatform}
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\input{libsomeos} % Optional Operating System Services
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\input{libsignal}
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\section{\module{platform} ---
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Access to underlying platform's identifying data.}
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\declaremodule{standard}{platform}
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\modulesynopsis{Retrieves as much platform identifying data as possible.}
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\moduleauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@egenix.com}
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\sectionauthor{Bjorn Pettersen}{bpettersen@corp.fairisaac.com}
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\versionadded{2.3}
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\begin{notice}[note]
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Specific platforms listed alphabetically, with Linux included in the \UNIX
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section.
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\end{notice}
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\subsection{Cross Platform}
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\begin{funcdesc}{architecture}{executable=sys.executable, bits='', linkage=''}
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Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter
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binary) for various architecture informations.
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Returns a tuple \code{(bits, linkage)} which contain information about
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the bit architecture and the linkage format used for the
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executable. Both values are returned as strings.
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Values that cannot be determined are returned as given by the
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parameter presets. If bits is given as \code{''}, the
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\cfunction{sizeof(pointer)}
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(or \cfunction{sizeof(long)} on Python version < 1.5.2) is used as
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indicator for the supported pointer size.
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The function relies on the system's \file{file} command to do the
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actual work. This is available on most if not all \UNIX{}
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platforms and some non-\UNIX{} platforms and then only if the
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executable points to the Python interpreter. Reasonable defaults
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are used when the above needs are not met.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{machine}{}
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Returns the machine type, e.g. \code{'i386'}.
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{node}{}
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Returns the computer's network name (may not be fully qualified!)
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{platform}{aliased=0, terse=0}
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Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform
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with as much useful information as possible.
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The output is intended to be \emph{human readable} rather than
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machine parseable. It may look different on different
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platforms and this is intended.
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If \code{aliased} is true, the function will use aliases for
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various platforms that report system names which differ from
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their common names, e.g. SunOS will be reported as
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Solaris. The \function{system_alias()} function is used to implement
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this.
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Setting terse to true causes the function to return only the
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absolute minimum information needed to identify the platform.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{processor}{}
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Returns the (real) processor name, e.g. 'amdk6'
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be
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determined. Note that many platforms do not provide this
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information or simply return the same value as for \function{machine()},
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e.g. NetBSD does this.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{python_build}{}
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Returns a tuple \code{(buildno, builddate)} stating the Python
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build number and date as strings.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{python_compiler}{}
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Returns a string identifying the compiler used for compiling
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Python.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{python_version}{}
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Returns the Python version as string \code{'major.minor.patchlevel'}
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Note that unlike the Python \code{sys.version}, the returned value
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will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{python_version_tuple}{}
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Returns the Python version as tuple \code{(major, minor, patchlevel)}
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of strings.
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Note that unlike the Python \code{sys.version}, the returned value
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will always include the patchlevel (it defaults to 0).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{release}{}
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Returns the system's release, e.g. \code{'2.2.0'} or \code{'NT'}
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{system}{}
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Returns the system/OS name, e.g. \code{'Linux'}, \code{'Windows'}, or \code{'Java'}.
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{system_alias}{system, release, version}
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Returns \code{(system, release, version)} aliased to common
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marketing names used for some systems.
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It also does some reordering of the information in some cases
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where it would otherwise cause confusion.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{version}{}
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Returns the system's release version, e.g. \code{'#3 on degas'}.
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An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{uname}{}
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Fairly portable uname interface. Returns a tuple
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of strings \code{(system, node, release, version, machine, processor)}
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identifying the underlying platform.
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Note that unlike the \function{os.uname()} function this also returns
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possible processor information as additional tuple entry.
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Entries which cannot be determined are set to \code{''}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Java Platform}
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\begin{funcdesc}{java_ver}{release='', vendor='', vminfo=('','',''), osinfo=('','','')}
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Version interface for JPython.
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Returns a tuple \code{(release, vendor, vminfo, osinfo)} with vminfo being
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a tuple \code{(vm_name, vm_release, vm_vendor)} and osinfo being a
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tuple \code{(os_name, os_version, os_arch)}.
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Values which cannot be determined are set to the defaults
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given as parameters (which all default to \code{''}).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Windows Platform}
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\begin{funcdesc}{win32_ver}{release='', version='', csd='', ptype=''}
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Get additional version information from the Windows Registry
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and return a tuple \code{(version, csd, ptype)} referring to version
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number, CSD level and OS type (multi/single processor).
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As a hint: ptype returns \code{'Uniprocessor Free'} on single
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processor NT machines and \code{'Multiprocessor Free'} on multi
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processor machines. The \emph{'Free'} refers to the OS version being
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free of debugging code. It could also state \emph{'Checked'} which
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means the OS version uses debugging code, i.e. code that
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checks arguments, ranges, etc.
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\begin{notice}[note]
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This function only works if Mark Hammond's \module{win32all}
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package is installed and (obviously) only runs on Win32
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compatible platforms.
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\end{notice}
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsubsection{Win95/98 specific}
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\begin{funcdesc}{popen}{cmd, mode='r', bufsize=None}
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Portable \function{popen()} interface.
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Find a working popen implementation preferring \function{win32pipe.popen}.
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On NT \function{win32pipe} should work; on Win9x
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it hangs due to bugs in the MS C lib.
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\seetext{MS KnowledgeBase article Q150956.}
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Mac Platform}
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\begin{funcdesc}{mac_ver}{release='', versioninfo=('','',''), machine=''}
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Get MacOS version information and return it as tuple \code{(release,
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versioninfo, machine)} with versioninfo being a tuple \code{(version,
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dev_stage, non_release_version)}.
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Entries which cannot be determined are set to \code{''}. All tuple
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entries are strings.
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Documentation for the underlying gestalt() API is available online
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at \url{http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/}
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{\UNIX{} Platforms}
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\begin{funcdesc}{dist}{distname='',version='',id='',supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake')}
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Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name
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Returns a tuple \code{(distname, version, id)} which defaults to the
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args given as parameters.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{libc_ver}{executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048}
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Tries to determine the libc version against which the
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file executable (defaults to the Python interpreter) is linked.
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Returns a tuple of strings \code{(lib, version)} which default to the
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given parameters in case the lookup fails.
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Note that the function has intimate knowledge of how different
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libc versions add symbols to the executable is probably only
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useable for executables compiled using \emph{gcc}.
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The file is read and scanned in chunks of chunksize bytes.
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\end{funcdesc}
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