On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Sean McBride <s...@rogue-research.com> wrote:
> I agree with others that NSAppKitVersionNumber and friends are usually > preferable, but sometimes it is useful/required to get the actual numbers > "10", "8", and "5" in a parseable/non-localized way. Parsing uname results > is fragile. operatingSystemVersionString is localized. Assuming > /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist will always be at that path > is fragile. Can you even read it when sandboxed? > > Gestalt(), despite being deprecated, is the safest way: > > Gestalt (gestaltSystemVersionMajor, &major); > Gestalt (gestaltSystemVersionMinor, &minor); > Gestalt (gestaltSystemVersionBugFix, &fix); > > IMHO, it was deprecated prematurely, without a replacement for uses like this. Here's a little Gestalt replacement I wrote for myself a while back: https://gist.github.com/ccgus/6384865 It uses SystemVersion.plist, but I'm pretty that's not going to be moved around anytime soon. -gus _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
