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| author | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2011-03-05 12:36:39 +0000 |
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| committer | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2011-03-05 12:36:39 +0000 |
| commit | e35422cc233df1a19438d17d06f1fab544361521 (patch) | |
| tree | 214f41f8c06384c0759722c1180255640148fe0c /bootstrap/README.MacOSX | |
| parent | 47ad23892d109a0a02b2779366ef25667ea064ed (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-e35422cc233df1a19438d17d06f1fab544361521.tar.gz | |
Note that i386 mode is the default, and point to tron@'s 2009 tech-pkg
post that explained the issues clearly.
Caution that 10.4 support is on even thinner ice with 10.7 due out.
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap/README.MacOSX')
| -rw-r--r-- | bootstrap/README.MacOSX | 24 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.MacOSX b/bootstrap/README.MacOSX index 414f24c1027..3427870e66d 100644 --- a/bootstrap/README.MacOSX +++ b/bootstrap/README.MacOSX @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ -$NetBSD: README.MacOSX,v 1.9 2010/10/31 21:24:14 gdt Exp $ +$NetBSD: README.MacOSX,v 1.10 2011/03/05 12:36:39 gdt Exp $ -Mac OS X Snow Leopard Binary ABI problem: +Mac OS X Snow Leopard 32/64 (i386/x86_64) ABI issue: -Mac OS X Snow Leopard supports 64-Bit binaries on most Intel Macs -and builds those by default on such machine. This causes problems -with a lot of packages which get confused because "MACHINE_ARCH" -is set to "i386" (on a 64-bit system!). There are also packages -that don't support 64-bit under Mac OS X at all. It is therefore -recommended that use the "--abi 32" option of "bootstrap" -under Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the moment. +Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) supports 64-bit binaries on most Intel +Macs and builds those by default on such machine. This causes +problems with a lot of packages which get confused because +"MACHINE_ARCH" is set to "i386" (on a 64-bit system!). There are also +packages that don't support 64-bit under Mac OS X at all. Because of +this, the default for pkgsrc is use use the 32-bit ABI, which results +in packages being compiled and run in i386 mode. For a longer +discussion, see: +http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2009/09/24/msg010817.html Developer tools: @@ -58,7 +60,6 @@ env CC=/opt/ibmcmp/vacpp/6.0/bin/xlc CFLAGS=-ma ./bootstrap Mac OS X Versions - pkgsrc is a volunteer project, and individuals support/fix packages and platforms as they choose. However, pkgsrc contributors as a group share both a bugtracker and norms about what is ok to break and what @@ -96,3 +97,6 @@ Mac OS X as follows: 10.3 and below: ancient, and PRs will be summarily closed. It is acceptable to give zero consideration to causing structural problems on 10.3 and below. [IGNORED] + +(Note that with the impending release of 10.7, it is likely that 10.4 +will be moved to IGNORED.) |