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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_platform.py16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 8ef34ad617..4b4c0fa55e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import sys
import os
import unittest
import platform
+import subprocess
from test import support
@@ -9,6 +10,21 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_architecture(self):
res = platform.architecture()
+ if hasattr(os, "symlink"):
+ def test_architecture_via_symlink(self): # issue3762
+ def get(python):
+ cmd = [python, '-c',
+ 'import platform; print(platform.architecture())']
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ return p.communicate()
+ real = os.path.realpath(sys.executable)
+ link = os.path.abspath(support.TESTFN)
+ os.symlink(real, link)
+ try:
+ self.assertEqual(get(real), get(link))
+ finally:
+ os.remove(link)
+
def test_machine(self):
res = platform.machine()