[PD] fat binaries or not, on OSX (was: 'Pd 64 bits' for OSX is i386 + ppc)

[katja]

Thanks for your explanation. I checked the "real" programs in
Pd-0.46-7-64bit/Contents/Resources/bin/pd, they are x86_64 indeed.
Those in Pd-0.46-7/Contents/Resources/bin/pd are i386 and ppc.

Also I noticed the externals extension (for bonk~ etc.) is .d_fat in
both cases. Will that be your default extension for OSX? Do you
consider distributing Pd for OSX as 32 / 64 bit fat binary in the
future? Or even ppc + i386 + x86_64 (which can be built conveniently
on OSX 10.5)?

I'm trying to figure out what sort of binaries Makefile.pdlibbuider
should best build by default on OSX, hence these questions. We need a
strategy to maximize chances that distributed Pd's and externals are
compatible.

cheers,
Katja

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:17 AM, Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> The "GUI" program (Pd.../Contents/MacOS/Pd) is a copy of the wish shell,
> and is i386/ppc... but the "real" programs in Pd.../Contents/Resources/bin/pd
> seem to me to be x86_64 - if not I must have distributed the wrong file somehow.
>
> cheers
> Miller
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 10:16:56PM +0100, katja wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> From Miller's site I downloaded "Pd version 0.46-7, 64 bits, compiled
>> for Macintosh OSX 10.8 or later (4 Megabytes)". Checking for target
>> architecture with command 'file', it is reported to be a fat binary
>> for i386 and ppc. Though the application will load all right, it
>> doesn't seem to be the build that is advertised.
>>
>> Katja
>>
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