Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Tux Paint 0.9.16 build for Mac OS X?

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

> > Would you be able to build a binary that runs native on Intel, too?
>
> Yes, I will look into making a Universal binary (PPC/Intel).  The SDL
> libraries are already universal, so the frameworks just need to be
> included in the TuxPaint application bundle.  I'll have to compile
> libiconv, libintl, and libpng as universal libraries, and link those
> in - provided this goes alright, we should be in business.  We have
> to keep in mind that universal binary apps need to be compiled with
> gcc 4, and gcc 4 compiled apps typically require Mac OS X 10.3.9 or
> later to run (so a universal binary that also runs on 10.2.8 is most
> likely not possible).

I think you can do this:

1. compile the ppc version with the old tools
2. compile the x86 version with the new tools
3. use the new tools (lipo?) to join them into a universal binary

If you do end up with two separate installs, there isn't much
point in doing a universal binary.