[ python-Patches-1726668 ] platform.system() returns incorrect value in Vista

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Patches item #1726668, was opened at 2007-05-28 03:23
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Submitted By: Benjamin Leppard (bleppard)
>Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: platform.system() returns incorrect value in Vista

Initial Comment:


On Microsoft Vista platform.system() returns 'Microsoft' and platform.release() returns 'Windows'

Under Microsoft Windows XP SP2 platform.system() returns 'Windows' and platform.release() returns 'XP'.

This is problem was caused by a change in the output of the "ver" command. In Windows XP SP2 "ver" outputted 'Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]'  In Microsoft Vista "ver" outputted 'Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]'. The lack of the 3rd word before version causes _syscmd_ver(...) in platform.py to return 'Microsoft' for system instead of 'Microsoft Windows'. This causes uname() to return the incorrect values. Both system() and release() call uname().

This problem occurs in the trunk.

I have attached a patch against the trunk svn that fixes the symptom of the problem in uname()

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2007-05-29 07:11

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Reclassifying as a patch. Marc-Andre, can you take a look? If not, please
unassign.

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