Re: tdf#140286 - CALC formula =INFO("OSVERSION") gives wrong output

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On 11.01.2022 17:32, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
Le 11/01/2022 à 12:16, Chris Sherlock a écrit :
Hi all,

The output of =INFO(“OSVERSION”) currently gives the wrong version for MacOS (it says it is Windows).

From the help, it is not a bug: =INFO("osversion") aswers always
"Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01", for compatibility reasons

https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060104.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3691824

According to the inputs from various users on the bug report:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140286

Excel these days returns correct system information, instead of just always returning "Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01". It was my understanding that we couldn't change the string because that's what Excel always returned back in the old days. So I assume that's where the "compatibility reasons" clause comes from. Maybe Eike can clarify whether I remember this correctly. I believe I heard that originally from Daniel Rentz who was the expert on all things Excel at the time.

Since the situation has changed today, I think it's reasonable for Calc to return correct system info as well, and update the help text along with it.

Kohei



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