Re: macOS 64-bit

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 1:15 PM Marnen Laibow-Koser <address@hidden>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:33 AM Marnen Laibow-Koser <address@hidden>
> wrote:
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>> I may try it there at some point, but right now I’m focusing on GUB
>> dependencies.  I got Perl to build; right now I’m working with GNU file,
>> which isn’t finding libz1.2.3 in the right place.  (Anyone know how to
>> massage the library flags to get this to work?)
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> Update: I managed to get all the generic *nix GUB dependencies building on
> the MacStadium box.  Now I'm into the Darwin-specific ones...and of course
> it *assumes* that it's cross-compiling them, which causes some problems.
> Before I spend too much time looking aimlessly: does anyone know where in
> the GUB source code it figures out if it's cross-compiling?  I think I may
> need to change the logic there, and I'm not sure where to find it.  I'll
> find it eventually, of course, but if anyone can point me to the right
> place, it would make the process go faster.
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Further update: I've had a look through as much of the GUB source code as
seemed relevant, and I can't for the life of me figure out where it
determines if it's cross-compiling.  I think I need a bit of help here from
someone who understands better how GUB works.

Best,
-- 
Marnen Laibow-Koser
address@hidden
http://www.marnen.org