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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/architecture.py15
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