1.8.1beta - build_arch x86_64

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 10, 2009, at 19:56, Brandon Allbery wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2009, at 20:38 , Scot Ballard wrote:
>
>> I am kicking the tires on macports beta 1.8.1b.  I changed the  
>> build_arch var to x86_64 in hopes i could build x86_64 	binaries  
>> for my XEON system.
>>
>> It seems like opessl is not building in the new architecture but  
>> dovecot is. The build will stop when dovecot doesnt' have its  
>> required openssl library in the same build_arch.
>
> You have to force rebuild everything if you change the build_arch;  
> MacPorts has no idea that the already installed library is for the  
> wrong architecture.  AFAIK there are no plans to change this.

Also, I would not be surprised if there are a great number of ports  
that currently fail to build properly when build_archs is set to  
x86_64 (or ppc64), since most maintainers have not tested this new  
feature yet.