Interesting survey on Snow Leopard package managers

[Toby Peterson]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:54, Mike Alexander <mta at umich.edu> wrote:
> --On September 14, 2009 2:58:30 PM -0400 Jack Howarth
> <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu> wrote:
>
>>   True perhaps, but simple logic dictates that it is bad form for
>> configure to think it is compiling code for a 32-bit architecture
>> and then gcc to start generating 64-bit code behind its back. Remember
>> that Apple has done something no one has ever done before...create
>> an operating system that runs a 32-bit kernel but 64-bit executables.
>
> I have to agree with Jack on this issue.  Having worked on and with various
> compilers and operating systems for over 40 years I've seen far too many
> problems caused by people trying to second guess what the compiler or system
> thinks it should be doing.  I've also had a few problems with MacPorts
> caused by it's use of -arch and -m64 flags.

The ports that need to be fixed should get fixed. Making changes to
MacPorts base is not the way to accomplish this.

- Toby