*Sigh*. The ports.macports.org site has not been getting updates since Feb 20. See recent threads. Yes, this is *usually* reliable. Not this month.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 8:23 AM Ken Cunningham < ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Having heard that python39 is the only one (so far) to compile natively > on M1, I’m trying to force the python ports I use to python39 > > Hello Peter, > > FYI, an arm64 version of python38 appears to be available: > > http://packages.macports.org/python38/python38-3.8.8_0.darwin_20.arm64.tbz2 > > and is “green” on the ports review page: > > https://ports.macports.org/port/python38/summary > > > The ports.macports.org page can be misleading at times, unfortunately, as > it will show “green” if the port has been blocked from building even if it > can’t be built, which is no doubt confusing to people at times and there is > (I believe) a ticket about that somewhere. > > The packages.macports.org site is pretty reliable, although to be 100% > certain, you do need to actually install the port and examine it with > “file” or “arch” or similar. > > And the fact that the arm64 python38 exists doesn’t necessarily mean a > universal python38 exists for x86_64/arm64 or can be built. It might or > might not. > > So there are some caveats to the presence of the python38 file there on > packages, but it is there. > > Best, > > Ken >