Interesting survey on Snow Leopard package managers

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Mike Alexander 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.

I don't know a heck of a lot about compiling but is it possible that a  
build would succeed but not function properly relating to this subject?

If so we don't know how many bugs there are in macports.

I have been having problems with either postfix or openssl and these  
types of questions leave me very uneasy with production use of MacPorts.
Unless the answer to my question is false :)


// Brad