On 2017-04-29, at 1:23 PM, Barrie Stott <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29 Apr 2017, at 16:13, Richard L. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In favor of getting rid of it, the pre-built binaries (much faster to >> install or upgrade) aren't built +universal; so if you get rid of it, you'll >> often get them. Some things aren't pre-built, so you won't always get them, >> but it's still way faster. >> >> There may be some ports or port options that need i386 (I don't know), but >> they should do the right thing. (that's not based on massive familiarity, >> so someone that knows more than I may know of exceptions to that statement) >> >> I would _guess_ therefore, that it would only matter if you have i386 code >> of your own that links with libraries provided by MacPorts. You'd be the >> one that would know that. > > Many thanks for this, Richard. You’re more or less confirming what I think > myself. I’ve not created any i386 code personally so after the weekend I’ll > probably decide to to stick with just x86_64. No reply needed and I’m very > grateful for your reply. > > Barrie. The last time I needed +universal was when I had a PPC :-). --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce
