[Interest] Building 32-bit Qt 5 on Mac

[Michael Jackson]

OS X 10.6 only requires an intel processor. OS X 10.7 requires a 64 bit intel processor.

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

So if Qt 5 supports OS X 10.6 then Qt5 needs to be able to build in 32 bit mode.

Mike Jackson.

On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:39 AM, <morten.sorvig at nokia.com> wrote:

> The only reason for supporting 32-bit builds is as far as I can see the need to integrate with other 32-bit software. This is a very good and sufficient reason. Qt 5 requires Mac OS 10.6 minimum, which requires a 64-bit capable CPU (Core 2 Duo). Universal  binary support is not needed since you can reach all of the supported install base with a single 32 or 64 bit executable.