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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py | 20 |
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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py index 8bb2aa7749..c03e85ccba 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py @@ -2,11 +2,31 @@ # Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details. # # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) +import platform as py_platform import re +from spack.version import Version + from ._operating_system import OperatingSystem +def kernel_version(): + """Return the kernel version as a Version object. + Note that the kernel version is distinct from OS and/or + distribution versions. For instance: + >>> external.distro.id() + 'centos' + >>> external.distro.version() + '7' + >>> platform.release() + '5.10.84+' + """ + # Strip '+' characters just in case we're running a + # version built from git/etc + clean_version = re.sub(r'\+', r'', py_platform.release()) + return Version(clean_version) + + class LinuxDistro(OperatingSystem): """ This class will represent the autodetected operating system for a Linux System. Since there are many different flavors of |