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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: User information about macOS Mojave
From:       "William H. Magill via macports-users" <macports-users () lists ! macports ! org>
Date:       2018-09-29 20:50:06
Message-ID: 9DDE586A-526F-4F8B-9168-804B93E9DC35 () mac ! com
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> On Sep 28, 2018, at 6:32 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@macports.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sep 28, 2018, at 13:20, Michael wrote:
> 
> > On 2018-09-28, at 9:50 AM, Thomas Bodlien wrote:
> > 
> > > But why?
> > > What do you need 32-Bit Support for?
> > 
> > Wine is probably the best example of a 32 bit only port right now.
> 
> Wine isn't 32-bit only; it's universal. And with a few changes to the Portfile it \
> can build 64-bit only. But then it can't run any 32-bit Windows software, which is \
> probably rather limiting. As I mentioned in other threads, I'm working on a \
> solution involving the use of the 10.13 SDK on 10.14 so that we can continue to \
> build universal, and Codeweavers is working on a solution that will work even after \
> macOS drops 32-bit support entirely, probably through the use of an emulator like \
> qemu.

LOL - So much for the "explanation" — Wine Is Not An Emulator :)

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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