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pycompat: adding Linux detection and fixing Mac

Python 3 recommends detecting OSs with the prefix of the platform, but we were
comparing the full string for macOS. We also didn't have Linux detection, which
is convenient for extensions to use (rather than have some OSs detected by hg
and some by the extension).

Reference:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.platform

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5227

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install::

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing::

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.