Will binaries built in 10.6 still run in 10.5?

[Harry van der Wolf]

Sorry, direct reply instead of reply to macports.

2010/10/4 Harry van der Wolf <hvdwolf at gmail.com>

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> 2010/10/4 Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at macports.org>
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> On Oct 4, 2010, at 04:38, Harry van der Wolf wrote:
>> > I simply build with gcc 4.0.1 for i386/ppc and with 4.2.x for 64bit (I
>> also
>> > build for other OS projects). I have seen many, many errors in all kind
>> of
>> > libraries/binaries when trying to build 32bit in OSX using 4.2.1, so I
>> just
>> > stick to 4.0.1. I assume the OSX devs would not use 4.0.1 for 32bit if
>> they
>> > could use 4.2.1. Why put 2 gcc versions in XCode if you could handle it
>> with
>> > one. So I assume it's for a good reason.
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>> gcc-4.2 is the default compiler in Snow Leopard for all supported
>> architectures.  One of my systems is 32bit, and I've never had a problem
>> using it.  What problems are you seeing when using gcc-4.2.1?
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> 32bit ppc or 32bit Intel?
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