[tex-live] use of x86_64-darwin only in mactex 2010

Ralph Martin Ralph.Martin at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Mon Jun 21 20:42:41 CEST 2010


On 21 Jun 2010, at 3:49:07PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
> The 64-bit binaries are compiled for Snow Leopard (10.6) only.  
> If they were included in a 3-way universal binary, Leopard (10.5)
> would try to use the x86_64 segment, even though it's not 
> compatible with 10.5 because of the compiler/linker options used.

Thanks for the explanation.

Best wishes

Ralph
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