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authorcjep <cjep@pkgsrc.org>2021-02-09 12:05:32 +0000
committercjep <cjep@pkgsrc.org>2021-02-09 12:05:32 +0000
commit3f44aaf35935f25e5c521f5469a504b6d894adb3 (patch)
tree6c52f29952eadef2924b1404f1b3e8004ee87612 /bootstrap
parentfae4f4f8e583c172ab97a1477f1322b6ce5261d8 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-3f44aaf35935f25e5c521f5469a504b6d894adb3.tar.gz
Some updates to versions. Still needs some lines on M1 silicon
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap')
-rw-r--r--bootstrap/README.macOS30
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.macOS b/bootstrap/README.macOS
index a255354e851..a47edf692bb 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README.macOS
+++ b/bootstrap/README.macOS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README.macOS,v 1.1 2020/08/14 07:35:26 schmonz Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.macOS,v 1.2 2021/02/09 12:05:32 cjep Exp $
This file describes the use of current versions of pkgsrc with
multiple versions of Darwin and macOS, omitting information about
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Because Apple drops support for previous hardware faster than the
hardware fails, many machines cannot be upgraded to recent versions of
macOS, creating a greater than usual desire to support old systems.
Because of the particular history of deprecation, most systems tend to
-run relatively recent versions or specific older versions (10.6 and
+run relatively recent versions or specific older versions.
10.5).
The stance of pkgsrc is generally to avoid breaking older systems
@@ -173,15 +173,21 @@ old systems.
pkgsrc PRs about 10.5 or older that do not contain fixes may be closed
without fixing.
-macOS 10.14 is either new or current.
+macOS 11 is new & current; hardware before 2013 cannot be upgraded to this
+version. Also this version introduces support for Apple M1 silicon.
-macOS 10.13 is current; significant amounts of hardware cannot be
-upgraded beyond this version.
+macOS 10.15 is current and supports the same hardware as 10.14.
-macOS 10.12 is current; Joyent has an active bulk build.
+macOS 10.14 is current, but removes support for hardware before 2012
+and Macbooks before 2015.
-OS X 10.11 is semi-current; significant amounts of hardware cannot
-be upgraded beyond this version.
+macOS 10.13 is old and no longer supported by Apple; significant
+amounts of hardware cannot be upgraded beyond this version.
+
+macOS 10.12 is old; Joyent has an active bulk build.
+
+OS X 10.11 is old; significant amounts of hardware cannot be upgraded
+beyond this version.
OS X 10.10 is old.
@@ -221,8 +227,12 @@ Sevan Janiyan <Sevan@NetBSD.org> provides a bulk build for the -current branch
See
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bulk/2015/11/07/msg012171.html
-** 10.12, --abi=64 x86-64, clang
+** 10.14, --abi=64 x86-64, clang
+** 11, --abi=64 x86-64, clang
-Joyent provide a bulk build for 10.12/x86_64, and therefore clang, at:
+Joyent provide a bulk build for both 10.14/x86_64 and 11/x86_64:
http://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/
+They hold archives for 64-bit Sierra (10.12), Mavericks (10.9) and Snow
+Leopard (10.6), but these are no longer updated.
+