`lipo -archs` what version of macOS that argument was added?

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dacaiguoguo OP

Created Nov ’19

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Do we know what version of macOS that argument was added?

I found a few outdated man pages online that don't include it.

We use `lipo -archs`, so I want to make sure we aren't breaking slightly older macOS installations

Answered by john daniel in 392990022

I interpreted your question to be strictly about macOS installations. So I looked at the command line tools. There, you don't have any choice about what version you get and it is tied directly to the operating system.

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dacaiguoguo OP

Nov ’19

Any Document link?

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john daniel OP

Nov ’19

10.14

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Nov ’19

lipo

is not part of the OS, it’s part of Xcode [1]. Poking around in the various Xcode versions on my system, I see that

-archs

is not supported in Xcode 9.4 but is supported in Xcode 10.3. My guess is that this was added in Xcode 10.0.

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[1] Strictly speaking,

/usr/bin/lipo

is installed by the OS, but it’s a trampoline that effectively bounces to

xcrun lipo

. You can find the final location using

xcrun -f lipo

.

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john daniel OP

Nov ’19

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I interpreted your question to be strictly about macOS installations. So I looked at the command line tools. There, you don't have any choice about what version you get and it is tied directly to the operating system.

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