[PD] external binary file extensions for 32 and 64bit under recent OS X

Peter P. peterparker at fastmail.com
Fri Jun 5 20:46:13 CEST 2020


Thanks for posting this excellent information, and so shortly before
your https://vrr.iem.at/concerts/ event! This is excellent and should be
preserved somewhere online for reference I find!
cheers, P

* Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com> [2020-06-05 14:05]:
> Hi,
> 
> apart from the "generic" library extensions (".pd_darwin", ".pd_linux",
> ".so" and ".dll"), Pd also supports platform specific extensions, with a OS
> prefix and the CPU architecture:
> 
> Prefixes:
> 
> "m_" -> Windows
> 
> "d_" -> macOS
> 
> "l_" -> Linux
> 
> "o_" -> OpenBSD
> 
> Architectures:
> 
> "amd64" -> Intel 64-bit
> 
> "i386" -> Intel 32-bit
> 
> "arm" -> Arm 32-bit
> 
> "arm64" -> Arm 64-bit
> 
> "ppc" -> PowerPC
> 
> ---
> 
> In your case, you can ship two different binaries next to each other:
> ".d_i386" and ".d_amd64".
> 
> Finally, macOS also supports fat binaries, where several architectures are
> contained within a single binary. These have the extension ".d_fat".
> 
> Christof
> 
> On 05.06.2020 12:42, Peter P. wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > excuse me if this has been discussed before but since I am not on OS X I
> > am wondering how one would include pre-compiled externals for OS X these
> > days for 32bit and 64bit Pd installations. Do these files have different
> > extensions on OS X and will Pd select the correct one?
> > 
> > thanks, P
> > 
> > 
> > 
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