Opened 15 years ago

Closed 7 years ago

#23858 closed defect (worksforme)

FAQ needs info on how to build for i386 on 10.6 (64 bit kernel)

Reported by: tempelmann@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: wiki Version:
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Description

I have trouble building some ports for 64 bit, so I found the FAQ entry mentioning "build_arch", which suggests that it's possible to build for another arch.

HOWEVER, I can find no info on how to use this feature anywhere. Neither the wiki nor the man page nor "port help" mentions "build_arch".

Besides this problem of lacking docs on build_arch, it would be good if the FAQ could simply give instructions on what needs to be done in order to rebuild all ports (and future installs as well) for i386 on a 10.6 64 bit system.

Change History (4)

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Type: request → defect
Version: 1.8.2

comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

  1. Set build_arch to i386 in /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf
  2. Uninstall all ports and reinstall them, similar to the way suggested in the Migration page.

comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by ken-cunningham-webuse

This would seem suitable to be closed.

comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)

Resolution: → worksforme
Status: new → closed
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