Binary builds???

Sat Nov 19 00:46:03 PST 2011

On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> We haven't announced it yet, but you might have noticed talk about it on the -dev list.
Somehow it went past my attention. :-(

> In fact there's no way to globally turn it off. MacPorts will use binaries if they're available, unless you use the "-s" switch for a particular install.
OK… I see. I thought that 

	portarchivemode

could achieve that...

> Binaries are available for some ports' default variants for Snow Leopard for x86_64. If you have i386, or want universal, or have Leopard or Tiger, or want a non-default variant, you'll still build from source.
I'm still running snow leopard on x86_64… Probably some ports are installed in their i386 variant or universal.

How can I verify whether my setup is capable or not to use the new binary installs?