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-rw-r--r--CHANGES.txt4
-rw-r--r--pkg_resources.py11
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f8d0af90..228f0edd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ setuptools
pkg_resources
-------------
+* Avoid a call to /usr/bin/sw_vers on OSX and use the official platform API
+ instead. Based on a patch from ronaldoussoren. This closes
+ http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issue/5.
+
* Fixed a SandboxViolation for mkdir that could occur in certain cases.
This closes http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issue/13.
diff --git a/pkg_resources.py b/pkg_resources.py
index fe257754..9ec094a1 100644
--- a/pkg_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources.py
@@ -166,14 +166,9 @@ def get_provider(moduleOrReq):
def _macosx_vers(_cache=[]):
if not _cache:
- info = os.popen('/usr/bin/sw_vers').read().splitlines()
- for line in info:
- key, value = line.split(None, 1)
- if key == 'ProductVersion:':
- _cache.append(value.strip().split("."))
- break
- else:
- raise ValueError, "What?!"
+ import platform
+ version = platform.mac_ver()[0]
+ _cache.append(version.split('.'))
return _cache[0]
def _macosx_arch(machine):