[Python-Dev] Mapping Darwin 8.2.0 to Mac OS X 10.4.2 in platform.py

Thu Sep 29 12:33:21 CEST 2005

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> /usr/bin/sw_vers technically calls a private (at least undocumented) 
> CoreFoundation API, it doesn't parse that plist directly :)
>> On further inspection, it looks like parsing the plist directly is 
> supported API these days (see the bottom of <http:// 
> developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Gestalt_Manager/ 
> gestalt_refchap/chapter_1.4_section_181.html>):
>> import plistlib
> dct = plistlib.Plist.fromFile('/System/Library/CoreServices/ 
> SystemVersion.plist')
> print '%(ProductName)s %(ProductVersion)s' % dct

Is the plistlib module always available on Mac OS X ?
Could you write a patch to system_alias() which uses
the above method if available for Mac OS ?
> -bob
>> On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:02 PM, Wilfredo Sánchez Vega wrote:
>>>> "rhapsody" is emitted by uname on Mac OS X Server 1.x, but not on 
>>anything we ship today.
>>>> Bob's right, the version number from uname only tells you about 
>>the kernel, and not whether, for example, the Cocoa API is on the 
>>system (it wouldn't be on a standalone Darwin OS install, which 
>>will have the same uname output).
>>>> Just FYI, /usr/bin/sw_vers parses /System/Library/CoreServices/ 
>>SystemVersion.plist, which is XML. If you want that info, parsing 
>>the file may be more efficient than forking off sw_vers.
>>>> -wsv
>>>>>>On Sep 21, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>>>>>>>>I forgot. The current code recognizes 'Rhapsody' and maps it to 
>>>"MacOS
>>>X Server". But I don't see any evidence that Apple still uses the 
>>>code
>>>name Rhapsody. Does uname ever return 'Rhapsody'?
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