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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: Why does Virtualbox need Universal binaries?
From:       Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign () macports ! org>
Date:       2013-05-16 21:52:51
Message-ID: 75A0B173-6A87-42E4-AE16-F12BF81E4773 () macports ! org
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On May 16, 2013, at 05:50, John Ruschmeyer wrote:

> Second on the "buildbot + universal" suggestion.

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35897

> That was my big disappointment with building Virtualbox- now almost every=
 package has going to have to be built from source, rather than installed f=
rom binary from now on.

Only on Macs that don't use the 64-bit Intel kernel. Note that some early 6=
4-bit Intel Macs that use the 32-bit kernel under Snow Leopard use the 64-b=
it kernel under Lion and Mountain Lion, so upgrading your OS may be a way t=
hat you can avoid the problem.

There are many restrictions to binaries; you've merely found one more (whic=
h only applies to the ports that build kernel extensions, which can be coun=
ted on one hand). We only have buidbots for Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain=
 Lion; only for 64-bit (unless a universal version is required by a port); =
only for default variants; only for default prefix, frameworks_dir and appl=
ications_dir; only for ports where the licenses allow binary redistribution=
, =85 Binaries are a convenience (and a recently-added one at that), and no=
t a necessity.


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