#7623: Name OS X distributions automatically for PPC or Intel
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   Reporter:  kcrisman      |       Owner:  tbd       
       Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new       
   Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  sage-4.3.3
  Component:  distribution  |    Keywords:            
     Author:                |    Upstream:  N/A       
   Reviewer:                |      Merged:            
Work_issues:                |  
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Comment(by GeorgSWeber):

 On can do:
 {{{
 prompt$ /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType
 Hardware:

     Hardware Overview:

       Model Name: MacBook
       Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
       Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
       Processor Speed: 2 GHz
       Number Of Processors: 1
       Total Number Of Cores: 2
       L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
       Memory: 2 GB
       Bus Speed: 667 MHz
       Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
       SMC Version: 1.13f3
       Serial Number: 4H7074T5WGL
       Sudden Motion Sensor:
           State: Enabled
 }}}
 The only thing one should extract is the CPU type ("G4", "G5", or
 neither).

 But since "uname -m" already gives you either "i386" or "PowerMacintosh",
 I fear that the ticket title is misleading. As far as I remember, we
 wanted to check whether a binary build tries to run on a system it is not
 made for ...

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