>>>>> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:22:54 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund said:
> 
> Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote on 2010/07/24 14:21:46:
> 
> > I am not sure.  A Mac developer was trying to create a single binary that
> > would run on multiple architectures, which is a good idea if it will work.  
> > I
> > don't know whether he actually uses it or not.
> 
> ehh, how can a single binary run on multiple archs?

GCC on the Mac can generate a single binary that supports multiple archs (it
is effectively multiple binaries concatenated).


> If all platforms use autconf I think we can let autoconf
> detect the hosts endian, see AC_C_BIGENDIAN

The work is done inside GCC, so it can't be handled in configure.

The issue is becoming less relevant now though, as PowerPC Macs gets more and
more obsolete.

__Martin

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