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diff --git a/Doc/library/platform.rst b/Doc/library/platform.rst index bb1e672..22ac72d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/platform.rst +++ b/Doc/library/platform.rst @@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Windows Platform .. note:: - This function only works if Mark Hammond's :mod:`win32all` package is installed - and (obviously) only runs on Win32 compatible platforms. + Note: this function works best with Mark Hammond's + :mod:`win32all` package installed, but also on Python 2.3 and + later (support for this was added in Python 2.6). It obviously + only runs on Win32 compatible platforms. Win95/98 specific @@ -222,13 +224,31 @@ Unix Platforms -------------- -.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake')) +.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...)) Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name Returns a tuple ``(distname, version, id)`` which defaults to the args given as parameters. -.. XXX Document linux_distribution()? + ``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux + distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently + supported Linux distributions identified by their release file + name. +.. function:: linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...), full_distribution_name=1) + + Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name. + + ``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux + distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently + supported Linux distributions identified by their release file + name. + + If ``full_distribution_name`` is true (default), the full + distribution read from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name + taken from ``supported_dists`` is used. + + Returns a tuple ``(distname,version,id)`` which defaults to the + args given as parameters. .. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048) |