Added str method to mac_osx so that whenever we try to access darwins different operating systems we can grab the name correctly. This avoids having to worry whether we have a version attached to it or not.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/mac_osx.py b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/mac_osx.py
index a9de03d2cc..3cf9b4e12e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/mac_osx.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/mac_osx.py
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ class MacOsx(OperatingSystem):
                         "10.11": "elcapitan"}     
 
         mac_ver = py_platform.mac_ver()[0][:-2]
-        try:
-            name = mac_releases[mac_ver]
-        except KeyError:
-            name = "mac_os"
-
+        name = mac_releases.get(mac_ver, "mac_osx")
         super(MacOsx, self).__init__(name, mac_ver)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
index 7901f82d06..8c8af83d55 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class Darwin(Platform):
         self.add_target(self.default, Target(self.default))
         mac_os = MacOsx()
         
-        self.default_os = mac_os.name
-        self.front_os = mac_os.name
-        self.back_os =  mac_os.name 
+        self.default_os = str(mac_os)
+        self.front_os   = str(mac_os)
+        self.back_os    = str(mac_os)
 
-        self.add_operating_system(mac_os.name, mac_os)
+        self.add_operating_system(str(mac_os), mac_os)
 
     @classmethod
     def detect(self):