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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py
index 758e8bea47..8bb2aa7749 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ class LinuxDistro(OperatingSystem):
def __init__(self):
try:
# This will throw an error if imported on a non-Linux platform.
- from external.distro import linux_distribution
- distname, version, _ = linux_distribution(
- full_distribution_name=False)
- distname, version = str(distname), str(version)
+ import external.distro
+ distname, version = external.distro.id(), external.distro.version()
except ImportError:
distname, version = 'unknown', ''