def platform(self):
return 'linux'
+ def _distribution(self):
+ try:
+ # linux_distribution is not available since Python 3.8
+ # However, this function is only used to detect SLES 11,
+ # which is quite an old distribution that doesn't have
+ # Python 3.8.
+ return platform.linux_distribution()
+ except AttributeError:
+ return '', '', ''
+
def platform_name(self):
- name, _, _ = platform.linux_distribution()
+ name, _, _ = self._distribution()
# Some distros have spaces, e.g. 'SUSE Linux Enterprise Server'
# lit features can't have spaces
name = name.lower().strip().replace(' ', '-')
return name # Permitted to be None
def platform_ver(self):
- _, ver, _ = platform.linux_distribution()
+ _, ver, _ = self._distribution()
ver = ver.lower().strip().replace(' ', '-')
return ver # Permitted to be None.