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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/architecture.py20
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py b/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py
index 0c4b605e91..05ac5d6f35 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/architecture.py
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
##############################################################################
import os
-import platform as py_platform
+import subprocess
from llnl.util.lang import memoized
import spack
import spack.error as serr
-from spack.version import Version
class InvalidSysTypeError(serr.SpackError):
@@ -59,22 +58,23 @@ def get_sys_type_from_environment():
return os.environ.get('SYS_TYPE')
-def get_mac_sys_type():
- """Return a Mac OS SYS_TYPE or None if this isn't a mac."""
- mac_ver = py_platform.mac_ver()[0]
- if not mac_ver:
+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
- return "macosx_%s_%s" % (
- Version(mac_ver).up_to(2), py_platform.machine())
-
@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_sys_type_from_uname]
# search for a method that doesn't return None
sys_type = None