[Bug 624738] [NEW] brittle implementation of ubuntutools.misc.host_architecture()

[Michael Bienia]

Public bug reported:

Imported from Debian bug 594424:

Package: ubuntu-dev-tools
Version: 0.101
Severity: normal

host_architecture() uses os.uname() to determine host architecture. 
However, uname() returns a "machine hardware name", which can be 
something quite different, e.g.:

$ dpkg --print-architecture
hppa
$ python -c 'from ubuntutools.misc import host_architecture; print host_architecture()'
parisc64

Most importantly, host_architecture() returns the wrong thing for an 
i386 system with amd64 kernel:

$ dpkg --print-architecture
i386
$ python -c 'from ubuntutools.misc import host_architecture; print host_architecture()'
amd64

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Jakub Wilk

** Affects: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-dev-tools (Debian)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #594424
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594424

** Changed in: ubuntu-dev-tools (Debian)
 Remote watch: None => Debian Bug tracker #594424

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brittle implementation of ubuntutools.misc.host_architecture()
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624738
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