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Re: master 2c74924: * etc/MACHINES: Document that we support AArch64 wit
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Alan Third |
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Re: master 2c74924: * etc/MACHINES: Document that we support AArch64 with macOS. |
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Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:37:39 +0000 |
On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 03:25:10PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > ** macOS
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> > - Mac OS X 10.6 or newer. PowerPC is not supported.
> > - For installation instructions see the file nextstep/INSTALL.
> > + Mac OS X 10.6 or newer. Both AArch64 (Arm) and x86-64 systems are
> > + supported, but PowerPC is not supported. For installation
> > + instructions see the file nextstep/INSTALL.
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> AFAIK 10.5 was the last macos version that ran on PowerPC, so "≥10.6"
> already implies that macos-on-PowerPC is not supported.
Officially, yes, but some people apparently manage to run 10.6 on
powerPC. I don't know if we really need to specify that, though, given
that it's almost certainly a tiny subset of a tiny subset of people
running macOS, and they can't reasonably be expecting official support
for their project.
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Alan Third