Ok, I will run tests and update you soon. On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM Fred Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The latest legacy-support-devel (v20250530) is a release candidate for the > new version, so it would be useful to get some broader testing. The most > significant changes are the complete rewrite of all the clock functions > for better speed, accuracy, and compatibility. > > Since there are some cases where the architecture is relevant, and my G5 > is inoperative, it would be useful if someone could test on a G5, > preferably running 10.5. That's just a matter of running "port test > legacy-support-devel" while targeting ppc64 as the architecture. Since > build_arch is usually set to ppc rather than ppc64 on a G5 (for good > reason), this would require either overriding build_arch on the command > line or testing +universal (provided that universal_archs includes ppc64). > Since the latter is also unlikely, the first approach is probably the most > convenient. > > An example of doing this on a G4, with the expected obvious failure, is: > > MacMini:~ fw$ sudo port test legacy-support-devel build_arch=ppc64 > ---> Fetching distfiles for legacy-support-devel > ---> Verifying checksums for legacy-support-devel > ---> Extracting legacy-support-devel > ---> Configuring legacy-support-devel > ---> Building legacy-support-devel > ---> Staging legacy-support-devel into destroot > ---> Testing legacy-support-devel > Error: Failed to test legacy-support-devel: command execution failed > [...] > > On a G5 the above should work, and take under a minute. > > Fred Wright >
