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- MetroSuction 1.1
- 16-Jul-92
-
- MetroSuction is a utility for examining and removing support for
- different hardware architectures in Multi-Architecture Binary files
- (so-called 'fat binaries'). It easily handles folders of applications
- and multiple binary files per application. It's a freeware utility
- from Metrosoft, the makers of MetroTools and proud new owners of
- SimonSays.
-
- Multi-architecture Binaries (MABs) or 'fat binaries' allow the same
- NEXTSTEP program to run on different types of computers (currently
- NeXT computers and supported Intel-based computers). MetroSuction
- allows you to easily see which architectures are supported by a given
- application and to remove support for a given architecture, freeing up
- disk space.
-
- Many people wouldn't otherwise be able to take advantage of removing
- support for an architecture during program installation due to a bug
- in the NEXTSTEP Installer utility that occurs when creating multi-disk
- installation packages. MetroSuction will allow you to easily do so
- without using the UNIX command line.
-
- MetroSuction will run on both NeXT computers and NEXTSTEP for Intel
- computers running NEXTSTEP 3.1.
-
- Version 1.1 fixes three problems in 1.0:
-
- - Incorrect use of the -i486 and -i386 architectures - caused
- problems thinning many binaries
-
- - Error messages weren't being routed to the log view
-
- - Extraneous debug information was being sent to the console
-
- Full source code to the MetroTools version of this utility (which is
- remarkably similar to the stand-alone version) is available free as
- part of the MetroTools 2.1 API package.
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Metrosoft
-