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-rwxr-xr-xLib/platform.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_platform.py1
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 0a52587..570f327 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ _supported_dists = (
def _parse_release_file(firstline):
+ # Default to empty 'version' and 'id' strings. Both defaults are used
+ # when 'firstline' is empty. 'id' defaults to empty when an id can not
+ # be deduced.
+ version = ''
+ id = ''
+
# Parse the first line
m = _lsb_release_version.match(firstline)
if m is not None:
@@ -278,8 +284,6 @@ def _parse_release_file(firstline):
version = l[0]
if len(l) > 1:
id = l[1]
- else:
- id = ''
return '', version, id
def linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='',
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 9b75234..af37185 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
('Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 4 (Nahant)', ('Red Hat Enterprise Linux', '4', 'Nahant')),
('CentOS release 4', ('CentOS', '4', None)),
('Rocks release 4.2.1 (Cydonia)', ('Rocks', '4.2.1', 'Cydonia')),
+ ('', ('', '', '')), # If there's nothing there.
):
self.assertEqual(platform._parse_release_file(input), output)
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index f0c667a..27348e9 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ Jeremy Hylton
Gerhard Häring
Mihai Ibanescu
Lars Immisch
+Meador Inge
Tony Ingraldi
John Interrante
Bob Ippolito
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f5275b8..da9cf12 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ C-API
Library
-------
+- Issue #7773: Fix an UnboundLocalError in platform.linux_distribution() when
+ the release file is empty.
+
- Issue #7561: Fix crashes when using bytearray objects with the posix
module.