On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Bryan Irvine <sparcta...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
Getting data off a filesystem can be useful on any machine, even if you don't intend to boot it. Ports are generally marked "only for" because they only work there (read: are not written portably), not out of a subjective "useful" call.
