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  r64119 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-06-11 14:53:14 +0200 (mer., 11 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Note PEP 371 section
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  r64147 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-06-11 22:04:30 +0200 (mer., 11 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  update ACKS and NEWs for multiprocessing
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  r64150 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-11 22:28:06 +0200 (mer., 11 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Can we agree to put dots at entry ends? Thanks.
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  r64165 | armin.rigo | 2008-06-12 11:50:58 +0200 (jeu., 12 juin 2008) | 3 lines

  Sounds obvious, but I didn't even realize that you can put non-string
  keys in type dictionaries without using this locals() hack.
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  r64219 | neal.norwitz | 2008-06-13 08:00:46 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Check for memory alloc failure
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  r64220 | neal.norwitz | 2008-06-13 08:02:26 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 3 lines

  Fix some memory dealloc problems when exceptions occur.
  It caused: "Fatal Python error: UNREF invalid object" in the DoubleTest.
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  r64221 | neal.norwitz | 2008-06-13 08:03:25 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 3 lines

  Fix typo in method name.  The LT class implemented less than.  The LE class
  should implement less than or equal to (as the code does).
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  r64229 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-13 15:26:54 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Clarification.
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  r64230 | robert.schuppenies | 2008-06-13 15:29:37 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Fixed: sys.getsizeof does not take the actual length of the tuples into account.
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  r64233 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-06-13 17:11:50 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  platform.uname now tries to fill empty values even when os.uname is present
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  r64235 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-06-13 17:41:09 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 1 line

  set svn:ignore on multiprocessing
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  r64253 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-06-13 21:38:18 +0200 (ven., 13 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Typo fixes
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  r64278 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-06-14 16:24:47 +0200 (sam., 14 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Disable UAC by default.
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  r64280 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-06-14 19:34:09 +0200 (sam., 14 juin 2008) | 3 lines

  silence the test when it is skipped on some platforms.  should fix a
  buildbot.
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  r64301 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-15 21:54:36 +0200 (dim., 15 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Forward-port new test from r64300.
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  r64303 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-16 03:42:40 +0200 (lun., 16 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Issue 3116: fix quadratic behavior in marshal.dumps().
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  r64320 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-16 23:00:47 +0200 (lun., 16 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Add Jesse Noller to the developers list.
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  r64328 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-17 11:01:35 +0200 (mar., 17 juin 2008) | 2 lines

  Split the HTML index.
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  r64338 | vinay.sajip | 2008-06-17 13:02:14 +0200 (mar., 17 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Bug #3126: StreamHandler and FileHandler check before calling "flush" and "close" that the stream object has these, using hasattr (thanks to bobf for the patch).
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  r64339 | vinay.sajip | 2008-06-17 13:04:02 +0200 (mar., 17 juin 2008) | 1 line

  Updated with fix for #3126.
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1 files changed, 40 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 8447d41..33033ff 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -1066,23 +1066,30 @@ def uname():
 
     """
     global _uname_cache
+    no_os_uname = 0
 
     if _uname_cache is not None:
         return _uname_cache
 
+    processor = ''
+
     # Get some infos from the builtin os.uname API...
     try:
         system,node,release,version,machine = os.uname()
-
     except AttributeError:
-        # Hmm, no uname... we'll have to poke around the system then.
-        system = sys.platform
-        release = ''
-        version = ''
-        node = _node()
-        machine = ''
-        processor = ''
-        use_syscmd_ver = 1
+        no_os_uname = 1
+
+    if no_os_uname or not filter(None, (system, node, release, version, machine)):
+        # Hmm, no there is either no uname or uname has returned
+        #'unknowns'... we'll have to poke around the system then.
+        if no_os_uname:
+            system = sys.platform
+            release = ''
+            version = ''
+            node = _node()
+            machine = ''
+
+        use_syscmd_ver = 01
 
         # Try win32_ver() on win32 platforms
         if system == 'win32':
@@ -1093,8 +1100,10 @@ def uname():
             # available on Win XP and later; see
             # http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888731 and
             # http://www.geocities.com/rick_lively/MANUALS/ENV/MSWIN/PROCESSI.HTM
-            machine = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE', '')
-            processor = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER', machine)
+            if not machine:
+                machine = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE', '')
+            if not processor:
+                processor = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER', machine)
 
         # Try the 'ver' system command available on some
         # platforms
@@ -1136,30 +1145,28 @@ def uname():
             release,(version,stage,nonrel),machine = mac_ver()
             system = 'MacOS'
 
-    else:
-        # System specific extensions
-        if system == 'OpenVMS':
-            # OpenVMS seems to have release and version mixed up
-            if not release or release == '0':
-                release = version
-                version = ''
-            # Get processor information
-            try:
-                import vms_lib
-            except ImportError:
-                pass
-            else:
-                csid, cpu_number = vms_lib.getsyi('SYI$_CPU',0)
-                if (cpu_number >= 128):
-                    processor = 'Alpha'
-                else:
-                    processor = 'VAX'
+    # System specific extensions
+    if system == 'OpenVMS':
+        # OpenVMS seems to have release and version mixed up
+        if not release or release == '0':
+            release = version
+            version = ''
+        # Get processor information
+        try:
+            import vms_lib
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
         else:
-            # Get processor information from the uname system command
-            processor = _syscmd_uname('-p','')
+            csid, cpu_number = vms_lib.getsyi('SYI$_CPU',0)
+            if (cpu_number >= 128):
+                processor = 'Alpha'
+            else:
+                processor = 'VAX'
+    if not processor:
+        # Get processor information from the uname system command
+        processor = _syscmd_uname('-p','')
 
-    # 'unknown' is not really any useful as information; we'll convert
-    # it to '' which is more portable
+    #If any unknowns still exist, replace them with ''s, which are more portable
     if system == 'unknown':
         system = ''
     if node == 'unknown':