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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/util.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index dd9de85..80e4814 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ def get_platform ():
# fall through to standard osname-release-machine representation
elif osname[:4] == "irix": # could be "irix64"!
return "%s-%s" % (osname, release)
+ elif osname[:6] == "cygwin":
+ rel_re = re.compile (r'[\d.]+')
+ m = rel_re.match(release)
+ if m:
+ release = m.group()
return "%s-%s-%s" % (osname, release, machine)