id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc port 22278 python2.4 mac_ver reports incorrect version wichert@… jaroel "On python 2.4 the version information is missing: {{{ Python 2.4.6 (#1, Oct 28 2009, 13:08:10) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type ""help"", ""copyright"", ""credits"" or ""license"" for more information. >>> import platform >>> platform.mac_ver() ('', ('', '', ''), '') }}} Python 2.6 gets it correct: {{{ python2.6 Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Oct 7 2009, 14:08:41) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type ""help"", ""copyright"", ""credits"" or ""license"" for more information. >>> import platform >>> platform.mac_ver() ('10.6.1', ('', '', ''), 'i386') }}} this breaks setuptools since it can no longer match the architecture of the current system with the architecture of an egg and will refuse to install them." defect closed Normal ports 1.8.1 fixed grahamperrin@… mf2k ryandesign python24