On 2 Aug, 2010, at 21:49, Bill Janssen wrote:

> 
> Bill Janssen <bill.janssen@gmail.com> added the comment:
> 
> So the problem is in the _mac_ver_xml() routine in Lib/platform.py, which says:
> 
> 
>    machine = os.uname()[4]
>    if machine == 'ppc':
>        # for compatibility with the gestalt based code
>        machine = 'PowerPC'
> 
> and perhaps should say:
> 
>    machine = os.uname()[4]
>    if machine in ('ppc', 'Power Macintosh'):
>        # for compatibility with the gestalt based code
>        machine = 'PowerPC'

That's correct. Thanks for catching this, I will fix this asap.

Ronald