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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py index e18dab38fc..b9a39361da 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ import re -from external.distro import linux_distribution from spack.architecture import OperatingSystem @@ -12,9 +11,14 @@ class LinuxDistro(OperatingSystem): """ def __init__(self): - distname, version, _ = linux_distribution( - full_distribution_name=False) - distname, version = str(distname), str(version) + 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) + except ImportError as e: + distname, version = 'unknown', '' # Grabs major version from tuple on redhat; on other platforms # grab the first legal identifier in the version field. On |