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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py4
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/platforms/linux.py2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
index 4c3d38851f..7901f82d06 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/darwin.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ class Darwin(Platform):
super(Darwin, self).__init__('darwin')
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.add_operating_system(mac_os.name, mac_os)
@classmethod
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/linux.py b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/linux.py
index 3243a1dcdf..18050ac79e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/platforms/linux.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/platforms/linux.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class Linux(Platform):
self.add_target(self.default, Target(self.default))
linux_dist = LinuxDistro()
self.default_os = linux_dist.name
+ self.front_os = linux_dist.name
+ self.back_os = linux_dist.name
self.add_operating_system(linux_dist.name, linux_dist)
@classmethod