-universal

Scott Webster sewebster at gmail.com
Thu Aug 12 14:57:26 PDT 2010


On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've installed tetex, which brought in a bunch of X stuff.  Then I
> started to install mono.  It reinstalled several ports with
> +universal.  Is there a reason for it?  Nevermind that mono itself
> then failed to build...  Ain't need no universal stuff; unless it
> means both 32 and 64 bit in addition to PPC+Intel, in which case ain't
> need no abovementioned PPC!  Is it safe to add -universal to
> variants.conf?
>

Mono appears to be 32-bit only on Macports.  So if you want to install
it, all of its dependencies must also be installed 32-bit (or
universal).  You won't be getting PPC in this case.

Scott


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