RustPython · youknowone · May 11, 2026 · May 10, 2026
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 """ This module tries to retrieve as much platform-identifying data as
     possible. It makes this information available via function APIs.
 
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@
 #
 #    <see CVS and SVN checkin messages for history>
 #
+#    1.0.9 - added invalidate_caches() function to invalidate cached values
 #    1.0.8 - changed Windows support to read version from kernel32.dll
 #    1.0.7 - added DEV_NULL
 #    1.0.6 - added linux_distribution()
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.0.8'
+__version__ = '1.0.9'
 
 import collections
 import os
@@ -174,6 +173,11 @@ def libc_ver(executable=None, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384):
 
     """
     if not executable:
+        if sys.platform == "emscripten":
+            # Emscripten's os.confstr reports that it is glibc, so special case
+            # it.
+            ver = ".".join(str(x) for x in sys._emscripten_info.emscripten_version)
+            return ("emscripten", ver)
         try:
             ver = os.confstr('CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION')
             # parse 'glibc 2.28' as ('glibc', '2.28')
@@ -190,22 +194,26 @@ def libc_ver(executable=None, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384):
             # sys.executable is not set.
             return lib, version
 
-    libc_search = re.compile(b'(__libc_init)'
-                          b'|'
-                          b'(GLIBC_([0-9.]+))'
-                          b'|'
-                          br'(libc(_\w+)?\.so(?:\.(\d[0-9.]*))?)', re.ASCII)
+    libc_search = re.compile(br"""
+          (__libc_init)
+        | (GLIBC_([0-9.]+))
+        | (libc(_\w+)?\.so(?:\.(\d[0-9.]*))?)
+        | (musl-([0-9.]+))
+        | ((?:libc\.|ld-)musl(?:-\w+)?.so(?:\.(\d[0-9.]*))?)
+        """,
+        re.ASCII | re.VERBOSE)
 
     V = _comparable_version
     # We use os.path.realpath()
     # here to work around problems with Cygwin not being
     # able to open symlinks for reading
     executable = os.path.realpath(executable)
+    ver = None
     with open(executable, 'rb') as f:
         binary = f.read(chunksize)
         pos = 0
         while pos < len(binary):
-            if b'libc' in binary or b'GLIBC' in binary:
+            if b'libc' in binary or b'GLIBC' in binary or b'musl' in binary:
                 m = libc_search.search(binary, pos)
             else:
                 m = None
@@ -217,26 +225,35 @@ def libc_ver(executable=None, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384):
                     continue
                 if not m:
                     break
-            libcinit, glibc, glibcversion, so, threads, soversion = [
-                s.decode('latin1') if s is not None else s
-                for s in m.groups()]
+            decoded_groups = [s.decode('latin1') if s is not None else s
+                              for s in m.groups()]
+            (libcinit, glibc, glibcversion, so, threads, soversion,
+             musl, muslversion, musl_so, musl_sover) = decoded_groups
             if libcinit and not lib:
                 lib = 'libc'
             elif glibc:
                 if lib != 'glibc':
                     lib = 'glibc'
-                    version = glibcversion
-                elif V(glibcversion) > V(version):
-                    version = glibcversion
+                    ver = glibcversion
+                elif V(glibcversion) > V(ver):
+                    ver = glibcversion
             elif so:
-                if lib != 'glibc':
+                if lib not in ('glibc', 'musl'):
                     lib = 'libc'
-                    if soversion and (not version or V(soversion) > V(version)):
-                        version = soversion
-                    if threads and version[-len(threads):] != threads:
-                        version = version + threads
+                    if soversion and (not ver or V(soversion) > V(ver)):
+                        ver = soversion
+                    if threads and ver[-len(threads):] != threads:
+                        ver = ver + threads
+            elif musl:
+                lib = 'musl'
+                if not ver or V(muslversion) > V(ver):
+                    ver = muslversion
+            elif musl_so:
+                lib = 'musl'
+                if musl_sover and (not ver or V(musl_sover) > V(ver)):
+                    ver = musl_sover
             pos = m.end()
-    return lib, version
+    return lib, version if ver is None else ver
 
 def _norm_version(version, build=''):
 
@@ -549,7 +566,7 @@ def java_ver(release='', vendor='', vminfo=('', '', ''), osinfo=('', '', '')):
     warnings._deprecated('java_ver', remove=(3, 15))
     # Import the needed APIs
     try:
-        import java.lang
+        import java.lang  # noqa: F401
     except ImportError:
         return release, vendor, vminfo, osinfo
 
@@ -1192,7 +1209,7 @@ def _sys_version(sys_version=None):
         # CPython
         cpython_sys_version_parser = re.compile(
             r'([\w.+]+)\s*'  # "version<space>"
-            r'(?:experimental free-threading build\s+)?' # "free-threading-build<space>"
+            r'(?:free-threading build\s+)?' # "free-threading-build<space>"
             r'\(#?([^,]+)'  # "(#buildno"
             r'(?:,\s*([\w ]*)'  # ", builddate"
             r'(?:,\s*([\w :]*))?)?\)\s*'  # ", buildtime)<space>"
@@ -1449,11 +1466,55 @@ def freedesktop_os_release():
     return _os_release_cache.copy()
 
 
+def invalidate_caches():
+    """Invalidate the cached results."""
+    global _uname_cache
+    _uname_cache = None
+
+    global _os_release_cache
+    _os_release_cache = None
+
+    _sys_version_cache.clear()
+    _platform_cache.clear()
+
+
 ### Command line interface
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    # Default is to print the aliased verbose platform string
-    terse = ('terse' in sys.argv or '--terse' in sys.argv)
-    aliased = (not 'nonaliased' in sys.argv and not '--nonaliased' in sys.argv)
+def _parse_args(args: list[str] | None):
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(color=True)
+    parser.add_argument("args", nargs="*", choices=["nonaliased", "terse"])
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--terse",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=(
+            "return only the absolute minimum information needed "
+            "to identify the platform"
+        ),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--nonaliased",
+        dest="aliased",
+        action="store_false",
+        help=(
+            "disable system/OS name aliasing. If aliasing is enabled, "
+            "some platforms report system names different from "
+            "their common names, e.g. SunOS is reported as Solaris"
+        ),
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+
+def _main(args: list[str] | None = None):
+    args = _parse_args(args)
+
+    terse = args.terse or ("terse" in args.args)
+    aliased = args.aliased and ('nonaliased' not in args.args)
+
     print(platform(aliased, terse))
-    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import os
+import contextlib
 import copy
+import io
+import itertools
+import os
 import pickle
 import platform
 import subprocess
@@ -83,6 +86,38 @@ def clear_caches(self):
         platform._uname_cache = None
         platform._os_release_cache = None
 
+    def test_invalidate_caches(self):
+        self.clear_caches()
+
+        self.assertDictEqual(platform._platform_cache, {})
+        self.assertDictEqual(platform._sys_version_cache, {})
+        self.assertIsNone(platform._uname_cache)
+        self.assertIsNone(platform._os_release_cache)
+
+        # fill the cached entries (some have side effects on others)
+        platform.platform()                 # for platform._platform_cache
+        platform.python_implementation()    # for platform._sys_version_cache
+        platform.uname()                    # for platform._uname_cache
+
+        # check that the cache are filled
+        self.assertNotEqual(platform._platform_cache, {})
+        self.assertNotEqual(platform._sys_version_cache, {})
+        self.assertIsNotNone(platform._uname_cache)
+
+        try:
+            platform.freedesktop_os_release()
+        except OSError:
+            self.assertIsNone(platform._os_release_cache)
+        else:
+            self.assertIsNotNone(platform._os_release_cache)
+
+        with self.subTest('clear platform caches'):
+            platform.invalidate_caches()
+            self.assertDictEqual(platform._platform_cache, {})
+            self.assertDictEqual(platform._sys_version_cache, {})
+            self.assertIsNone(platform._uname_cache)
+            self.assertIsNone(platform._os_release_cache)
+
     def test_architecture(self):
         res = platform.architecture()
 
@@ -375,7 +410,7 @@ def test_win32_ver(self):
             for v in version.split('.'):
                 int(v)  # should not fail
         if csd:
-            self.assertTrue(csd.startswith('SP'), msg=csd)
+            self.assertStartsWith(csd, 'SP')
         if ptype:
             if os.cpu_count() > 1:
                 self.assertIn('Multiprocessor', ptype)
@@ -490,8 +525,10 @@ def test_ios_ver(self):
             self.assertEqual(override.model, "Whiz")
             self.assertTrue(override.is_simulator)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(support.is_emscripten, "Does not apply to Emscripten")
     def test_libc_ver(self):
+        if support.is_emscripten:
+            assert platform.libc_ver() == ("emscripten", "4.0.12")
+            return
         # check that libc_ver(executable) doesn't raise an exception
         if os.path.isdir(sys.executable) and \
            os.path.exists(sys.executable+'.exe'):
@@ -519,6 +556,14 @@ def test_libc_ver(self):
                 (b'GLIBC_2.9', ('glibc', '2.9')),
                 (b'libc.so.1.2.5', ('libc', '1.2.5')),
                 (b'libc_pthread.so.1.2.5', ('libc', '1.2.5_pthread')),
+                (b'/aports/main/musl/src/musl-1.2.5', ('musl', '1.2.5')),
+                # musl uses semver, but we accept some variations anyway:
+                (b'/aports/main/musl/src/musl-12.5', ('musl', '12.5')),
+                (b'/aports/main/musl/src/musl-1.2.5.7', ('musl', '1.2.5.7')),
+                (b'libc.musl.so.1', ('musl', '1')),
+                (b'libc.musl-x86_64.so.1.2.5', ('musl', '1.2.5')),
+                (b'ld-musl.so.1', ('musl', '1')),
+                (b'ld-musl-x86_64.so.1.2.5', ('musl', '1.2.5')),
                 (b'', ('', '')),
             ):
                 with open(filename, 'wb') as fp:
@@ -530,14 +575,37 @@ def test_libc_ver(self):
                                  expected)
 
         # binary containing multiple versions: get the most recent,
-        # make sure that 1.9 is seen as older than 1.23.4
-        chunksize = 16384
-        with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
-            # test match at chunk boundary
-            f.write(b'x'*(chunksize - 10))
-            f.write(b'GLIBC_1.23.4\0GLIBC_1.9\0GLIBC_1.21\0')
-        self.assertEqual(platform.libc_ver(filename, chunksize=chunksize),
-                         ('glibc', '1.23.4'))
+        # make sure that eg 1.9 is seen as older than 1.23.4, and that
+        # the arguments don't count even if they are set.
+        chunksize = 200
+        for data, expected in (
+                (b'GLIBC_1.23.4\0GLIBC_1.9\0GLIBC_1.21\0', ('glibc', '1.23.4')),
+                (b'libc.so.2.4\0libc.so.9\0libc.so.23.1\0', ('libc', '23.1')),
+                (b'musl-1.4.1\0musl-2.1.1\0musl-2.0.1\0', ('musl', '2.1.1')),
+                (
+                    b'libc.musl-x86_64.so.1.4.1\0libc.musl-x86_64.so.2.1.1\0libc.musl-x86_64.so.2.0.1',
+                    ('musl', '2.1.1'),
+                ),
+                (
+                    b'ld-musl-x86_64.so.1.4.1\0ld-musl-x86_64.so.2.1.1\0ld-musl-x86_64.so.2.0.1',
+                    ('musl', '2.1.1'),
+                ),
+                (b'no match here, so defaults are used', ('test', '100.1.0')),
+            ):
+            with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
+                # test match at chunk boundary
+                f.write(b'x'*(chunksize - 10))
+                f.write(data)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                expected,
+                platform.libc_ver(
+                    filename,
+                    lib='test',
+                    version='100.1.0',
+                    chunksize=chunksize,
+                    ),
+                )
+
 
     def test_android_ver(self):
         res = platform.android_ver()
@@ -690,5 +758,66 @@ def test_parse_os_release(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(info["SPECIALS"]), 5)
 
 
+class CommandLineTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        platform.invalidate_caches()
+        self.addCleanup(platform.invalidate_caches)
+
+    def invoke_platform(self, *flags):
+        output = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(output):
+            platform._main(args=flags)
+        return output.getvalue()
+
+    def test_unknown_flag(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            output = io.StringIO()
+            # suppress argparse error message
+            with contextlib.redirect_stderr(output):
+                _ = self.invoke_platform('--unknown')
+            self.assertStartsWith(output, "usage: ")
+
+    def test_invocation(self):
+        flags = (
+            "--terse", "--nonaliased", "terse", "nonaliased"
+        )
+
+        for r in range(len(flags) + 1):
+            for combination in itertools.combinations(flags, r):
+                self.invoke_platform(*combination)
+
+    def test_arg_parsing(self):
+        # For backwards compatibility, the `aliased` and `terse` parameters are
+        # computed based on a combination of positional arguments and flags.
+        #
+        # Test that the arguments are correctly passed to the underlying
+        # `platform.platform()` call.
+        options = (
+            (["--nonaliased"], False, False),
+            (["nonaliased"], False, False),
+            (["--terse"], True, True),
+            (["terse"], True, True),
+            (["nonaliased", "terse"], False, True),
+            (["--nonaliased", "terse"], False, True),
+            (["--terse", "nonaliased"], False, True),
+        )
+
+        for flags, aliased, terse in options:
+            with self.subTest(flags=flags, aliased=aliased, terse=terse):
+                with mock.patch.object(platform, 'platform') as obj:
+                    self.invoke_platform(*flags)
+                    obj.assert_called_once_with(aliased, terse)
+
+    @support.force_not_colorized
+    def test_help(self):
+        output = io.StringIO()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            with contextlib.redirect_stdout(output):
+                platform._main(args=["--help"])
+
+        self.assertStartsWith(output.getvalue(), "usage:")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()