# HG changeset patch
# User Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>
# Date 1313841665 -7200
# Node ID 265da863d0179d092850685250750512820bb592
# Parent  6d3e82c3dc6e6d1bc62dd911584bdeb10dfb5772
Issue #12326: sys.platform is now always 'linux2' on Linux

Even if Python is compiled on Linux 3.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.2.2?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #12326: sys.platform is now always 'linux2' on Linux, even if Python
+  is compiled on Linux 3.
+
+
 Library
 -------
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2997,6 +2997,7 @@ then
 	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
 
 	case $MACHDEP in
+	linux*) MACHDEP="linux2";;
 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
 	darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;
         irix646) MACHDEP="irix6";;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ then
 	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
 
 	case $MACHDEP in
+	linux*) MACHDEP="linux2";;
 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
 	darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;
         irix646) MACHDEP="irix6";;