Re: output of sys.platform changed

[Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger@seznam.cz>]

Hi.

> I have a python application which relies on the sys.platform output.
>
> I noticed that on GNU/kFreeBSD, the output of sys.paltform has changed from
> gnukfreebsd5 to gnukfreebsd6.
>
> Is this intentional ?
> How are the numbers calculated ?

It is derived from version number of FreeBSD kernel.
It used to be 5.3, 5.4 ,6.0 ,6.1. Currently it is 6.2.

But I don't know why is part of version number included in sys.platform.

> Is there something else I should check for to find out if the platform is a
> GNU/kFreeBSD box ?

The best would be to test whether sys.platform starts with "gnukfreebsd",
as gnukfreebsd7 is not so far.

Petr