def test_linux_distribution(self):
distro_linux_dist = (get_distribution(), get_distribution_version(),
get_distribution_codename())
platform_linux_dist = platform.linux_distribution()
assert isinstance(distro_linux_dist, type(platform_linux_dist)), \
'linux_distribution() returned type (%s) which is different from platform.linux_distribution type (%s)' % \
(type(distro_linux_dist), type(platform_linux_dist))
# TODO: add the cases where we expect them to differ
# The third item in the tuple is different.
assert distro_linux_dist[0] == platform_linux_dist[0]
assert distro_linux_dist[1] == platform_linux_dist[1]
if platform_linux_dist[0] == 'Fedora' and 20 < int(
platform_linux_dist[1]) < 28:
pytest.skip(
"Fedora versions between 20 and 28 return the variant instead of the code name making this test unreliable"
)
# Fedora considers the platform_linux behaviour to have been a bug as it's finding the
# variant, not the code name. Fedora wants this to be the empty string.
platform_linux_dist = platform_linux_dist[:2] + ('', )
assert distro_linux_dist[2] == platform_linux_dist[2]
def _guess_distribution(self):
# try to find out which linux distribution this is
dist = (get_distribution(), get_distribution_version(), get_distribution_codename())
distribution_guess = {
'distribution': dist[0] or 'NA',
'distribution_version': dist[1] or 'NA',
# distribution_release can be the empty string
'distribution_release': 'NA' if dist[2] is None else dist[2]
}
distribution_guess['distribution_major_version'] = distribution_guess['distribution_version'].split('.')[0] or 'NA'
return distribution_guess
