On 15/8/2023 05:06, Christopher Jones wrote:
Hi All,
Just migrated from an intel to AppleSilicon machine.
Reinstalling MacPOrts, from scratch off course, I’ve noticed some ports get
install universal, when it’s not something I have requested. e.g.
---> Fetching archive for zlib
---> Attempting to fetch zlib-1.2.13_0+universal.darwin_22.arm64-x86_64.tbz2
from https://packages.macports.org/zlib
---> Attempting to fetch
zlib-1.2.13_0+universal.darwin_22.arm64-x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from
https://packages.macports.org/zlib
---> Installing zlib @1.2.13_0+universal
---> Cleaning zlib
---> Deactivating zlib @1.2.13_0
---> Cleaning zlib
---> Activating zlib @1.2.13_0+universal
zlib has a universal port, but its not a default one, and I didn’t request it,
nor have I ever set my default settings to always install universal.
As I am new to apple silicon machines, is this normal ?
Most likely you installed a port that supports x86_64 but not arm64. The
behaviour is the same as as when you install a port that only supports
i386 on an x86_64 system.
- Josh
