[MacPorts] #30488: gavl fails to build

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#30488: gavl fails to build
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 Reporter:  macports@…               |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.0.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  gavl                                 
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Comment(by michaelallenwarner@…):

 Replying to [comment:18 macports@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:17 michaelallenwarner@…]:
 > > My machine *is* too old to run the 64-bit kernel. On paper everything
 is fine: I have a Core 2 Duo processor, and when I check my EFI in
 Terminal with "ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi", it returns
 EFI64 (not EFI32). Nonetheless, my model is incapable of running the
 64-bit kernel (again, 64-bit apps run just fine in the 32-bit
 environment). As I understand it, it's an artificial limitation that Apple
 placed on the MacBook 4,1. It's quite stupid that my 2008 model has this
 artificial limitation, while the iMac 7,1 from 2007 apparently boots to
 the 64-bit kernel by default in Lion. That's the way it is.
 > >
 > > Is it possible that the "host_cpu" in the gavl config file needs to
 match the kernel's architecture? If not, I'm at a loss as to why my "fix"
 worked.
 >
 > See http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html
 >
 > That works for me to run my MBP5,2 with 64bit kernel. Should work for
 your 4,1 as well.


 Nope -- I'm on a MacBook 4,1 (not a MBP 4,1). The MBP 4,1 and MacPro 4,1
 are capable of running 64-bit kernel, as the chart on that site you linked
 to shows, but not the MacBook 4,1. Many MacBooks like mine (and perhaps
 some Mac Mini models?)are artificially prohibited by Apple from running
 64-bit kernel, even though the hardware is otherwise fully capable.

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