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Re: Universal binaries and older versions of Mac OS X



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Greg Hurrell wrote:

| 1. Make a Universal Binary (but the docs suggest this isn't possible).
|
| 2. Maintain two separate builds: a non-universal one for pre-Tiger
| versions of Mac OS X and a universal one for Tiger and up.
|
| 3. Abandon support for pre-Tiger versions of Mac OS X and force your
| customers to upgrade.
|
| 4. Forget native code and rely on "Rosetta".

If you really require support for 10.2 users, build ppc for 10.2 and x86 for
10.4 and use lipo to create a fat binary.

man 1 lipo

Peter
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Peter O'Gorman - http://www.pogma.com
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