[issue20454] platform.linux_distribution() returns empty value on Archlinux and python 2.7

Nathan Ringo added the comment: The problem is, existing software (Ansible) relies on linux_distribution() -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue20

[issue24399] Backports Arch Linux support for platform.linux_distribution()

New submission from Nathan Ringo: On Arch Linux, running `python2 -c "import platform; print platform.linux_distribution()"' Before patch: ('', '', '') After patch: ('arch', 'Arch', 'Linux') This matches the Python