Fix some bugs in architecture.

lib/spack/spack/architecture.py

@@ -487,25 +487,23 @@ def arch_from_dict(d):
 
 @memoized
 def all_platforms():
-    modules = []
+    classes = []
-
     mod_path = spack.platform_path
-    mod_string = "spack.platformss"
+    parent_module = "spack.platforms"
 
     for name in list_modules(mod_path):
-        mod_name = mod_string + name
+        mod_name = '%s.%s' % (parent_module, name)
-        path = join_path(mod_path, name) + ".py"
-        mod = imp.load_source(mod_name, path)
         class_name = mod_to_class(name)
+        mod = __import__(mod_name, fromlist=[class_name])
         if not hasattr(mod, class_name):
             tty.die('No class %s defined in %s' % (class_name, mod_name))
         cls = getattr(mod, class_name)
         if not inspect.isclass(cls):
             tty.die('%s.%s is not a class' % (mod_name, class_name))
 
-        modules.append(cls)
+        classes.append(cls)
 
-    return modules
+    return classes
 
 @memoized
 def sys_type():

lib/spack/spack/operating_systems/linux_distro.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import platform as py_platform
 from spack.architecture import OperatingSystem
 
@@ -9,7 +10,13 @@ class LinuxDistro(OperatingSystem):
         platform.dist()
     """
     def __init__(self):
-        name = py_platform.dist()[0]
+        distname, version, _ = py_platform.linux_distribution(
-        version = py_platform.dist()[1].split(".")[0] # Grabs major version from tuple 
+            full_distribution_name=False)
 
-        super(LinuxDistro, self).__init__(name, version)
+        # Grabs major version from tuple on redhat; on other platforms
+        # grab the first legal identifier in the version field.  On
+        # debian you get things like 'wheezy/sid'; sid means unstable.
+        # We just record 'wheezy' and don't get quite so detailed.
+        version = re.split(r'[^\w-]', version)[0]
+
+        super(LinuxDistro, self).__init__(distname, version)