Changes between Version 53 and Version 54 of Mac OS X build instructions

Timestamp:

Mar 29, 2010 10:09:47 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Christian Pötzsch

Comment:

added info about universal MacPorts flag and --target-arch flag

Mac OS X build instructions

@@ -5 +5 @@
 == Prerequisites on Mac OS X ==
 
- * Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger), 10.5.x (Leopard) or 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) running on Intel hardware (PowerPC hardware is '''not''' supported).
+ * Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger), 10.5.x (Leopard) or 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) running on Intel hardware (PowerPC hardware is '''not''' supported). Please note that Tiger support was dropped with the 3.1 release.
 
  * Xcode matching your Mac OS X version (http://developer.apple.com/tools/download/): 
@@ -18 +18 @@
 export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH
 }}}
+ On Snow Leopard !MacPorts combiles in 64 bit mode by default. Although this is no general problem, it might be a good idea to enable the '''universal''' flag as default. Therefor add +universal to /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf, before building anything.
+
  Then perform the following command:
 {{{
@@ -40 +42 @@
 ./configure --disable-hardening
 }}}
-    If it finds everything it needs, it will create a file called '!AutoConfig.kmk' containing paths to the various tools on your system. Also, it will create an environment setup script called env.sh. This step only has to be done once (if something changes in your build tool setup, you might have to repeat it but keep in mind that both output files will be overwritten). For additional options like providing a path to the OpenSSL library see './configure --help'.
- 1. Whenever you want to build !VirtualBox, you have to open a shell and source the generated environment setup script 'env.sh', i.e. do
+ You can manually set the target architecture with --target-arch=x86 or amd64, if some architecture related problems occur.
+
+ If it finds everything it needs, it will create a file called '!AutoConfig.kmk' containing paths to the various tools on your system. Also, it will create an environment setup script called env.sh. This step only has to be done once (if something changes in your build tool setup, you might have to repeat it but keep in mind that both output files will be overwritten). For additional options like providing a path to the OpenSSL library see './configure --help'.
+ 2. Whenever you want to build !VirtualBox, you have to open a shell and source the generated environment setup script 'env.sh', i.e. do
 {{{
 . ./env.sh
 }}}
 
- 1. To build type 
+ 3. To build type 
 {{{
 kmk