Do you mean arm64 is what `uname -p` prints, or what
$tcl_platform(machine) contains, or both?
On 2020-6-24 08:48 , Jeremy Sequoia via macports-dev wrote:
> It is arm64.
>
>> On Jun 22, 2020, at 9:50 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> 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. We may need add code to MacPorts base to make
>> this happen, just as there is already code to produce the two existing
>> values:
>>
>>
>> # set up platform info variables
>> set os_arch $tcl_platform(machine)
>> if {$os_arch eq "Power Macintosh"} {set os_arch "powerpc"}
>> if {$os_arch eq "i586" || $os_arch eq "i686" || $os_arch eq "x86_64"}
>> {set os_arch "i386"}
>>
>>
>> Should it be "arm"?
>>
>> Whatever we choose will impact how ports are written so we need to make a
>> choice and then stick to it.
>>
>> I also need to know so that I can modify mprsyncup to start generating a
>> portindex on our server for such systems.
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-announces-mac-transition-to-apple-silicon/
>>
>
