From: Hirokazu Yamamoto <ocean-city@m2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:21:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Issue #3762: platform.architecture() fails if python is lanched via its symbolic... 
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Issue #3762: platform.architecture() fails if python is lanched via its symbolic link.
Reviewed Amaury Forgeot d'Arc (Backport of r66213)
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diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index f34e735592..0df65db80c 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ def _follow_symlinks(filepath):
     filepath = _abspath(filepath)
     while os.path.islink(filepath):
         filepath = os.path.normpath(
-            os.path.join(filepath,os.readlink(filepath)))
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filepath),os.readlink(filepath)))
     return filepath
 
 def _syscmd_uname(option,default=''):