Will binaries built in 10.6 still run in 10.5?

Brandon S Allbery KF8NH allbery at kf8nh.com
Mon Oct 4 11:07:34 PDT 2010


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On 10/3/10 21:21 , Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Thanks, Ryan.  I suppose I will need to find someone who has a 10.5
> installation to do a sanity check for me before I release any binaries
> tagged with "OS X 10.5 and newer".

Distributing binaries built via MacPorts tends to be a bad idea:  not only
do you need to make sure to distribute the files from any dependencies as
well as your binary, but the result will likely interfere with an installed
MacPorts or Fink on the installer's machine.

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