Changes between Version 105 and Version 106 of Universal

Timestamp:

Sep 2, 2021, 8:54:19 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

JDLH (Jim DeLaHunt)

Comment:

Add context to make the overview list less baffling, and to make the page usable as a general landing page for the term "universal"

Universal

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-= ports =
+In MacPorts, the term "Universal" usually means a compiled program or library which contains object code in multiple instruction sets, so that it can run on a variety of CPUs. 
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+In the history of macOS and MacPorts, three important kinds of "universal" binaries have been:
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+1. x86_64 and arm (for macOS 11 and later)
+2. i386 and x86_64 (for MacOS X Tiger 10.4 through macos 13 High Sierra)
+3. ppc and i386 (for MacOS X Cheetah 10.0 through Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8)
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+MacPorts offers compilation to universal binaries as a default preference and in response to a `+universal` variant.  
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+= Overview of ports with +universal variants =
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+This is an overview list of ports with universal variants. Each entry is a link to a separate page which describes the port's behaviour when compiled with `+universal`.
 
 [wiki:UniversalAm-utils am-utils][[BR]]
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 [wiki:UniversalZlib zlib]
 
-= legend =
+== legend ==
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+The pages linked to above use the following codes:
 
  * b=broken
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  * t=testing (no testsuite available)
  * u=undecided (the testsuite fails or doesn't compile, the program seems to work as expected, though)
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+= See also =
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+* UniversalDevelopment