Re: Default ABI on Darwin

[Takahiro Kambe <taca%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Hi,

In message <20151106094727.GC1346%joyent.com@localhost>
	on Fri, 6 Nov 2015 09:47:27 +0000,
	Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> wrote:
> I'd like to change the default ABI on Darwin, so that we use ABI=64 on
> x86_64 hosts unless the user specifies --abi during bootstrap.  Diff:
> 
>   https://gist.github.com/jperkin/ce4c314aa0be2dfb689c
> 
> It may be that we want to add a case for ppc64, but I don't have any
> hardware to test that on.  Darwin/powerpc developers are welcome to
> add one.
> 
> This brings us in line with what users expect (I've had a few people
> query this previously).  Any objections?
I really want this change.

1. Mac OS X 10.7 and later are 64bit platform (x86_64).
2. If you bootstrap with 32bit, some packages (emacs23 as I know) are
   not built.

Best regards.

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Takahiro Kambe <taca%NetBSD.org@localhost>