On 2020-6-23 14:50 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Now that Apple has announced that Macs will have ARM processors [1], what is
> the proper value for ${os.arch} on such systems?
>
> MacPorts base currently knows two values of ${os.arch}: "powerpc" is used on
> all 32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC systems while "i386" is used on all 32-bit and
> 64-bit Intel systems.
>
> I'm not necessarily asking what value MacPorts currently prints for this
> variable on an Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit machine, but rather
> what value it should print.
The value of os.arch is intended to match `uname -p`.
- Josh
