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authorNed Deily <nad@python.org>2021-05-02 08:48:29 (GMT)
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bpo-44009: Provide "python3.x-intel64" for Apple Silicon Macs (GH-25804)
This allows reliably forcing macOS universal2 framework builds to run under Rosetta 2 Intel-64 emulation on Apple Silicon Macs if needed for testing or when universal2 wheels are not yet available.
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@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ following combinations of SDKs and universal-archs flavors are available:
The makefile for a framework build will also install ``python3.x-32``
binaries when the universal architecture includes at least one 32-bit
architecture (that is, for all flavors but ``64-bit`` and ``intel-64``).
+It will also install ``python3.x-intel64`` binaries in the ``universal2``
+case to allow easy execution with the Rosetta 2 Intel emulator on Apple
+Silicon Macs.
Running a specific architecture
...............................
@@ -181,6 +184,9 @@ subprocesses also run in 32-bit-mode if the main interpreter does, use
a ``python3.x-32`` binary and use the value of ``sys.executable`` as the
``subprocess`` ``Popen`` executable value.
+Likewise, use ``python3.x-intel64`` to force execution in ``x86_64`` mode
+with ``universal2`` binaries.
+
Building and using a framework-based Python on macOS
====================================================