From: Steven Tamm Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 03:59:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Describe support for Intel-based Macintosh X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~9176 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=47600d8e97925ed8816b099267e24f4ab3311e75;p=emacs.git Describe support for Intel-based Macintosh --- diff --git a/mac/ChangeLog b/mac/ChangeLog index 61489e5a88e..38a1a8fe2e3 100644 --- a/mac/ChangeLog +++ b/mac/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2005-06-08 Steven Tamm + + * INSTALL: Explain that a universal binary cannot be created and + builds for on emachine cannot be targeted to the other. + * README: Add Universal Binary to the Todo List. + 2005-05-13 YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu * makefile.MPW (buildobj.lst): New target. diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL index 4463b8f32e2..9dcf1324f7d 100644 --- a/mac/INSTALL +++ b/mac/INSTALL @@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ system sofware updates possibly overwriting the distribution. If this is a concern, as it should be in normal binary distributions, please use /usr/local as the prefix for installation. -Enjoy! +Emacs supports both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintoshes. However, +due to the unexec process that Emacs uses to dump core, it is not +possible at this time to generate a universal binary that supports both +architectures. In addition, Rosetta doesn't appear to work correctly +with PowerPC builds of Emacs; you will have to recompile for Intel. +Therefore, builds of Emacs are architecture specific. -Andrew. - +Enjoy! diff --git a/mac/README b/mac/README index 2163ea191c3..6a352e04af6 100644 --- a/mac/README +++ b/mac/README @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ A number of things do not work yet: + Support for certain image types (such as XPM) is not as extensive as on other plaforms. ++ Incorporate Apple's wrappers to be able to create a universal + binary that unexecs on first run for the given architecture. + If your Mac is connected to the Internet, report bugs by typing `M-x report-emacs-bug' or by choosing the entry `Send Bug Report...' in the `Help' menu. This will send the bug report to the address