[SDL] Mac OS X Universal Binaries

[Torsten Giebl]

Hello !


> For PPC, provided you compile the PPC code with gcc 3, it runs on 10.2
> and later. i386 must be compiled with gcc 4 which runs on 10.4. PPC code
> compiled with gcc 4 needs 10.3.9 to work.
>
> If you want to have a UB which will work for PPC back to 10.2.x, you
> must compile ppc and i386 code seperately, and glue the two executables
> together with the lipo tool.
>
> Please tell Apple how stupid this is, and demand that they make gcc 4
> code work on earlier OS's. As a result of this, and bugs in gcc 3, the
> ports I have done simply require 10.3.9 or later to run.


It is stupid, really.

I just wanted to know
if there is any way to see not just if the binary is an UB,
but also what OSXes it needs.

For example for UBs not created by me.


CU