Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 17:49, Rufus told the world: > Ok...to continue the discussion on Macs and 64 bit boot mode, I just > grabbed SM 2.1b3 and did a "Get Info" on it under OS 10.6.7 on my > MacBook Pro booted with the 64 bit kernel and found the "Launch in 32 > bit mode" option displayed and unchecked as I expected. > > BUT - when I did the same thing on my iMac running 10.6.7 booted with > the 32 bit kernel (which is the only way I can boot this machine) I > still had the "Launch in 32 bit mode" option displayed and unchecked > which I didn't expect - I would have expected it to be checked by > default, or not there at all. (I had actually expected it to not be > there at all...) > > So - my assumption that the OS takes care of this for the app was > obviously wrong. I don't know how SM tells if the machine is running in > 64 or 32 bit kernel, but it must, and the beta doesn't appear to be > handling it appropriately to the machine as far as setting the default > goes...unless it does so only after first launch?
I would guess that in a 32-bit environment, the option is simply ignored, since there is *no* way to launch a 64-bit application in a 32-bit environment. Not being a Mac user, I don't know if this option is a Mozilla/Seamonkey thing or an OSX thing. Whatever it is, the option is probably *not* silently changed because: (a) it's irrelevant in 32-bit mode anyway; changing it does not add any benefit. (b) it would be really annoying if you had to manually change back the option to 64-bit after booting OSX in 32-bit mode for whatever reason (debugging a cranky app?) -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my fax machine. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.13 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
