[MacPorts] #20284: python26 fails to build on 10.6

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#20284: python26 fails to build on 10.6
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 Reporter:  snc@…             |       Owner:  blb@…           
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  High              |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.8.0           
 Keywords:  snowleopard       |        Port:  python26        
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Comment(by mattias@…):

 Replying to [comment:46 mattias@…]:
 > Ok. after investigating this further one way to solve this is to rewrite
 the portfile to detect which arch the machine is running and patch the
 makefile.pre.in accordingly.
 > This is a bit of work with tho.
 >
 > The other way would be to build a universal binary with both i386 and
 x86_64 as that would sidestep that check altogether,
 > also this would probably be pretty easy to do.
 >
 > Anyone else got anything?

 Also the reason for this is, even that Snowleopard is optimised for 64bit,
 there is some old core duo's (32-bit processors, early macbooks) that can
 run snow leopard in 32-bit mode.

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