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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/platform.py')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Lib/platform.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py index 90ad93de2b..1852f30d0e 100755 --- a/Lib/platform.py +++ b/Lib/platform.py @@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ _supported_dists = ( def _parse_release_file(firstline): + # Default to empty 'version' and 'id' strings. Both defaults are used + # when 'firstline' is empty. 'id' defaults to empty when an id can not + # be deduced. + version = '' + id = '' + # Parse the first line m = _lsb_release_version.match(firstline) if m is not None: @@ -264,8 +270,6 @@ def _parse_release_file(firstline): version = l[0] if len(l) > 1: id = l[1] - else: - id = '' return '', version, id def _test_parse_release_file(): |