[Bug 30357] New: Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

Bug #: 30357
           Summary: Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS
                    version
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.0
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Blizzard Battle.net System Check program is used to create a "Beta Profile" on
Battle.net, i.e., to become eligible for consideration for entry into
Blizzard's new-game beta testing by filing a report of one's system
configuration.

When run under Wine, the current version of this program detects the OS version
as "Windows 2.5.1.2600 (Service Pack 3)". To the best of my awareness, this
version of Windows does not exist, and has never existed.

It seems to me that the program should either detect a version of Windows
within the valid range for the one as which Wine is set to run (which in my
case is "Windows XP"), or detect the OS under which Wine is being run (which in
my case is a variant of Linux), with possibly an added tag indicating the use
of Wine.

I can see how the latter could be undesirable in "fully transparent
compatibility" terms, at least as a default behavior. However, I see no reason
not to do the former.

Additionally, I would like for there to be an option to explicitly set the OS
version which Wine will report to checks such as this - including manually
setting it to a relatively arbitrary value, and/or pulling the OS version from
the host system in some way. I actually expected there to already be some
degree of customization available in this regard, but on poking around a bit, I
haven't been able to find it.

I apologize if this is intentional behavior; I have not been able to find any
discussion of the Windows version which Wine reports to applications.

[Bug 30357] Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

--- Comment #1 from Austin English  2012-04-04 12:32:08 CDT ---
Does it change if you set wine to windows vista/7 mode?

[Bug 30357] Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] 2012-04-04 18:19:12 CDT ---
If I set this specific EXE to run as "Windows 7" via winecfg, then it detects
the OS version as "Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)". As far as I'm aware,
this does not exist either.

[Bug 30357] Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen  2012-04-04 21:17:54 CDT ---
What does it report on real Windows? I suspect they swapped major/minor
versions in their code. What Wine has been there for some time and verified to
work.

[Bug 30357] Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

[e-mail] changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] 2012-04-04 21:29:27 CDT ---
It looks like you're probably right; numerous people who have reported their
system-profile information are providing similar version numbers (according to
e.g. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3229373318 - and in
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/2592320158?page=11 , at least one of
them explicitly lists one such report as being on Windows rather than via
Wine).

So this probably isn't a Wine issue per se, though it's still weird.

Oddly, though, one profile reported in that first linked thread reports a
version of "Windows 8.1.1.3214 (Service Pack 3)", which wouldn't make sense
with that explanation either. Still, since it's highly unlikely that was run
under Wine, I don't expect you to waste your time trying to figure it out.

Closing as invalid. If it turns out that this *is* a Wine issue for some
reason, this can be reopened.

[Bug 30357] Battle.net System Check tool detects strange OS version

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30357

[e-mail] changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] 2012-04-04 21:30:44 CDT ---
...apparently I don't understand the Wine bug tracker as well as I thought I
did. Closing again, hopefully correctly this time.