On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Ted Roby <ted.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've noticed this environment variable in misc/hfsplus > > > # this only makes sense on macintosh (powerpc) systems. > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= powerpc > > > It used to only make sense on powerpc systems, but Macintosh > hardware now uses i386 architecture. Of course, changing this > variable is not enough to cause a successful build. > > Has someone else setup a common way to get misc/hfsplus > on i386, and I missed the answer on google? > > Is there a reason this would be a bad idea? > > If I "port" this port to i386 would it be warmly accepted?
I'm sure someone else will correct me if I'm wrong. I believe the only reason this is needed on ppc machines is because the openfirmware expects an hfs volume to boot from so the bootloader is stored on a small hfs partition. If that's the case this isn't needed on i386 Macs. -Bryan
