@@ -987,10 +987,12 @@ def _syscmd_uname(option,default=''):
     """ Interface to the system's uname command.
     """
     if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
         # XXX Others too ?
         return default
+    elif sys.platform.startswith('java') and os._name == 'nt':
+        return default
     try:
         f = os.popen('uname %s 2> /dev/null' % option)
     except (AttributeError,os.error):
         return default
     output = string.strip(f.read())