#22278: python2.4 mac_ver reports incorrect version -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: wichert@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.1 Keywords: | Port: python24 -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Comment(by jmr@…): 2.5 gets it wrong too: {{{ Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Oct 12 2009, 05:38:57) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import platform platform.mac_ver() ('4294967306.4294967302.4294967297', ('', '', ''), '') }}} This is pretty clearly an upstream issue. The Mac code simply wasn't 64-bit compatible until 2.6, our backports of some patches to get 2.5 sort-of working notwithstanding.
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