Closes #11678: support Arch linux in the platform module.

diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index b7dbcca78aa3e67d0859cccda6a9bf88b715a764..62553538566d60d767ad52e4ab178ecc24ddcba3 100755 (executable)
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ _release_version = re.compile(r'([^0-9]+)'
 _supported_dists = (
     'SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos',
     'mandrake', 'mandriva', 'rocks', 'slackware', 'yellowdog', 'gentoo',
-    'UnitedLinux', 'turbolinux')
+    'UnitedLinux', 'turbolinux', 'arch')
 
 def _parse_release_file(firstline):
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index da574b0bf219aa804a492db33a9b0995e89785cc..98cb258f2bc4d246b69a12ee7f0a54fa8cc81cb5 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11678: Support Arch linux in the platform module.
+
 - Issue #15118: Change return value of os.uname() and os.times() from
   plain tuples to immutable iterable objects with named attributes
   (structseq objects).