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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/architecture.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py b/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py index 0c4b605e91..e0d42c2077 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ############################################################################## import os import platform as py_platform +import subprocess from llnl.util.lang import memoized @@ -69,12 +70,24 @@ def get_mac_sys_type(): Version(mac_ver).up_to(2), py_platform.machine()) +def get_sys_type_from_uname(): + """Return the architecture from uname.""" + try: + arch_proc = subprocess.Popen(['uname', '-i'], + stdout=subprocess.PIPE) + arch, _ = arch_proc.communicate() + return arch.strip() + except: + return None + + @memoized def sys_type(): """Returns a SysType for the current machine.""" methods = [get_sys_type_from_spack_globals, get_sys_type_from_environment, - get_mac_sys_type] + get_mac_sys_type, + get_sys_type_from_uname] # search for a method that doesn't return None sys_type = None |