[portability] Support unknown operating systems in gclient.

Detect the name of unknown operating systems using uname, if available,
since it doesn't append the operating system version.

Change-Id: Idab7bd0db65a8d424ec2fd48f06247405b6649e4
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/tools/depot_tools/+/4169240
Auto-Submit: Jonas Termansen <sortie@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic <sokcevic@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Josip Sokcevic <sokcevic@chromium.org>

gclient.py

@@ -1410,7 +1410,13 @@ def merge_vars(result, new_vars):
 
 
 def _detect_host_os():
-  return _PLATFORM_MAPPING[sys.platform]
+  if sys.platform in _PLATFORM_MAPPING:
+    return _PLATFORM_MAPPING[sys.platform]
+
+  try:
+    return os.uname().sysname.lower()
+  except AttributeError:
+    return sys.platform
 
 
 class GitDependency(Dependency):

gclient_utils.py

@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def CheckCallAndFilter(args, print_stdout=False, filter_fn=None,
     # If our stdout is a terminal, then pass in a psuedo-tty pipe to our
     # subprocess when filtering its output. This makes the subproc believe
     # it was launched from a terminal, which will preserve ANSI color codes.
-    os_type = GetMacWinAixOrLinux()
+    os_type = GetOperatingSystem()
     if sys.stdout.isatty() and os_type != 'win' and os_type != 'aix':
       pipe_reader, pipe_writer = os.openpty()
     else:
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ def FindFileUpwards(filename, path=None):
     path = new_path
 
 
-def GetMacWinAixOrLinux():
-  """Returns 'mac', 'win', or 'linux', matching the current platform."""
+def GetOperatingSystem():
+  """Returns 'mac', 'win', 'linux', or the name of the current platform."""
   if sys.platform.startswith(('cygwin', 'win')):
     return 'win'
 
@@ -794,7 +794,10 @@ def GetMacWinAixOrLinux():
   if sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
     return 'aix'
 
-  raise Error('Unknown platform: ' + sys.platform)
+  try:
+    return os.uname().sysname.lower()
+  except AttributeError:
+    return sys.platform
 
 
 def GetGClientRootAndEntries(path=None):

metrics.py

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class MetricsCollector(object):
     # Add metrics regarding environment information.
     self.add('timestamp', int(time.time()))
     self.add('python_version', metrics_utils.get_python_version())
-    self.add('host_os', gclient_utils.GetMacWinAixOrLinux())
+    self.add('host_os', gclient_utils.GetOperatingSystem())
     self.add('host_arch', detect_host_arch.HostArch())
 
     depot_tools_age = metrics_utils.get_repo_timestamp(DEPOT_TOOLS)

tests/metrics_test.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class MetricsCollectorTest(unittest.TestCase):
     mock.patch('metrics.metrics_utils.get_python_version',
                lambda: '2.7.13').start()
     mock.patch(
-        'metrics.gclient_utils.GetMacWinAixOrLinux', lambda: 'linux').start()
+        'metrics.gclient_utils.GetOperatingSystem', lambda: 'linux').start()
     mock.patch('metrics.detect_host_arch.HostArch',
                lambda: 'x86').start()
     mock.patch('metrics_utils.get_repo_timestamp',