elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
# Linux-specific code here...
- .. versionchanged:: 3.2.2
- Since lots of code check for ``sys.platform == 'linux2'``, and there is
- no essential change between Linux 2.x and 3.x, ``sys.platform`` is always
- set to ``'linux2'``, even on Linux 3.x. In Python 3.3 and later, the
- value will always be set to ``'linux'``, so it is recommended to always
- use the ``startswith`` idiom presented above.
-
For other systems, the values are:
- ====================== ===========================
- System :data:`platform` value
- ====================== ===========================
- Linux (2.x *and* 3.x) ``'linux2'``
- Windows ``'win32'``
- Windows/Cygwin ``'cygwin'``
- Mac OS X ``'darwin'``
- OS/2 ``'os2'``
- OS/2 EMX ``'os2emx'``
- ====================== ===========================
+ ================ ===========================
+ System :data:`platform` value
+ ================ ===========================
+ Linux ``'linux'``
+ Windows ``'win32'``
+ Windows/Cygwin ``'cygwin'``
+ Mac OS X ``'darwin'``
+ OS/2 ``'os2'``
+ OS/2 EMX ``'os2emx'``
+ ================ ===========================
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+ On Linux, :attr:`sys.platform` doesn't contain the major version anymore.
+ It is always ``'linux'``, instead of ``'linux2'`` or ``'linux3'``. Since
+ older Python versions include the version number, it is recommended to
+ always use the ``startswith`` idiom presented above.
.. seealso::
+
:attr:`os.name` has a coarser granularity. :func:`os.uname` gives
system-dependent version information.