On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 4:07 AM, René J.V. <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm curious though, what ports rely on i386 meaning "Intel, 32 or 64 bit" > rather than "Intel, 32 bit", directly in their Portfile rather than > indirectly through "base"? I find that confusing and it often makes me > pause when I see the term appear in the log of a build I know should be for > 64-bit (and it feels to me to be as smart as using an undocumented feature > ;)). Remember that OS X goes to great lengths to hide 32 vs. 64 bit distinctions; 32 bit OS X kernels were perfectly capable of running 64 bit binaries on 64-bit CPUs, at least on Intel. So some of this comes down to "Apple so decreed and it's much easier to play along than to try to make OS X act differently". In particular, see how arch(1) works. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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