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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index f2d863c79c..c3148a647c 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -1100,6 +1100,24 @@ other utility module. For non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns ``sys.platform``. + For MacOS X systems the OS version reflects the minimal version on which + binaries will run (that is, the value of ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` + during the build of Python), not the OS version of the current system. + + For universal binary builds on MacOS X the architecture value reflects + the univeral binary status instead of the architecture of the current + processor. For 32-bit universal binaries the architecture is ``fat``, + for 64-bit universal binaries the architecture is ``fat64``, and + for 4-way universal binaries the architecture is ``universal``. + + Examples of returned values on MacOS X: + + * ``macosx-10.3-ppc`` + + * ``macosx-10.3-fat`` + + * ``macosx-10.5-universal`` + .. % XXX isn't this also provided by some other non-distutils module? |