Opened 8 days ago

Closed 8 days ago

#71199 closed defect (wontfix)

unable to install xattr on apple silicon

Reported by: jpmelko Owned by:
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Port: xattr

Description 

ionysos:root root# port install xattr
Error: xattr cannot be installed for the configured build_arch 'arm64' because it only supports the arch(s) 'i386 ppc'.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port xattr failed

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 8 days ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: new → closed
Summary: unable to install xattr on apple ship → unable to install xattr on apple silicon

Indeed, this port sets supported_archs presumably because the code really doesn't build or work for 64-bit. It's only really intended to be used on old systems; on any Apple Silicon system, /usr/bin/xattr will be more capable than this version.

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