From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2010-06-18T04:55:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Dear gem: still no zlib.


On Jun 17, 2010, at 9:34 PM, Ben Bleything wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Dave Howell
> <groups.2009a@grandfenwick.net> wrote:
>> Um, it's COMPLETELY SnowLeopard's fault. I *am* using the stock Ruby,
>> which changed from 32-bit in Leopard to 64-bit in SnowLeopard.
> 
> Ah, okay.  So you did an upgrade install, and are now surprised that
> sweeping architectural changes affected software you already had
> installed.
> 
>> Thus rendering every single Ruby program I had non-functional, since
>> all my gems were 32-bit. And my PostgreSQL. And lots and lots of other
>> stuff. Including a bunch of system OSAXen that Apple didn't upgrade to
>> 64-bit.
> 
> Upgrade installs aren't worth it, particularly from 10.5 -> 10.6.  I
> know that sucks to hear, but doing a clean install *will* fix your
> problems.

I had no problem doing an upgrade install since 2 OS X releases. What I 
had to do, though: wipe macports of the disk and recompile everything 
with a +universal flag.

Alternatively, try this:

http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

Regards,
Florian

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