[32194] trunk/base/src/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl

[Markus Weissmann]

On 8 Jan 2008, at 09:34, Anders F Björklund wrote:

>> Revision
>> 32194
>> Author
>> mww at macports.org
>> Date
>> 2007-12-19 06:44:11 -0800 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007)
>>
>> Log Message
>> make the universal flags take the archs from a single source  
>> (thanks to ryandesign for the idea), enable 64 bit universal builds
>
> This change makes all +universal ports with an UI based on Carbon  
> break,
> since it (Carbon) doesn't support 64-bit... (and especially not  
> x86_64)
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/Carbon64BitGuide/
>
> "Most APIs in Mac OS X v10.5 are available to both 32-bit and 64-bit  
> applications, but some APIs commonly used by Carbon applications are  
> not. In particular, the APIs used to implement a Carbon user  
> interface are generally available only to 32-bit applications. If  
> you want to create a 64-bit application for Mac OS X, you need to  
> use Cocoa to implement its user interface."
>
> Never mind that it also makes each one twice as big (4 times the  
> original)
>
>>
>> +#
>> +# internal functions to determine the "-arch xy" flags for the  
>> compiler
>> +# -> these should preferably get a more global scope, perhaps be  
>> user-configurable?
>> +set universal_archs {ppc ppc64 i386 x86_64}
>> +
>
> This should probably be reverted back to "set universal_archs {ppc  
> i386}" ?
>


This should definitely be made user-configurable. Most people will  
actually be interested in building 32 and 64 bit for their machine,  
that is either ppc+ppc64 or i386+x86_64.


Regards,

-Markus

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