OK _ putting back on the list a private reply by Hanspeter, and my reply to him .. should never have gotten into this ... :)
JF On 12 Feb 2007, at 14:53, Neil Tiffin wrote: > If one has a GUI application that links against Fink libraries (But I > guess one doesn't based on this email.) > > The nice solution would be a Fink switch that would allow the user to > select certain installs to be built as universal. > > On Feb 11, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > >> >> On 11 Feb 2007, at 23:37, james tittle wrote: >> >>> ...this may be a naive question, but since there are both ppc and >>> x86 >>> versions of fink, is it possible to create a universal binary of a >>> library, given that there are similar versions for both >>> architectures? If so, anyone have pointers on making it super-easy? >> man lipo _ but what's the point ? who wants to waste disk space ? On 12 Feb 2007, at 17:05, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > Lipo only lets you (dis)assemble single-arch <-> fat binaries, > right? In my case, I'm making an application that uses several > libraries found in Fink (qt3mac, libxml2 and a few others) that > would be a pain to keep track of on my own and build separately as > universal. With Universal Fink, this would be seamless. > > If I had access to a i386 Mac, I could then just build it there as > well and lipo the binaries together, but we only have PPC 10.4 > machines here. Isn't this another issue ? You want to build a "universal" "application", if I understand correctly.. I was basically questioning the use of those _ to the final user, it just doubles the amount of disk space, w/o additional services... (As compared to separate "application"s for each arch). But what you seem to be requesting is basically a possibility for cross-compiling fink packages _ to build i386 pkgs on PPC machines... (eg, that the user could specify a target machine in his "fink build" commands). (the decision whether or not to lipo things together afterwards is a triviality in my mind _ but where I'm negative, as explained above_ , that can be left to the user) I think we not quite close to that ... Best, JF PS: But if you need an occasional service of building something on intel and sending you the output _ I'll try ... (ie, if my machine or my own schedule is not overheated :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
