[New-bugs-announce] [issue42056] Configure on Apple ARM: "Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX"

[Misty De Méo]

New submission from Misty De Méo <mistydemeo at gmail.com>:

Configure's `arch` check on Macs running with Apple Silicon CPUs will fail because the list of acceptable architectures is hardcoded to Intel and PowerPC: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/configure.ac#L2486-L2496

This needs a clause that adds "arm64" as an acceptable arch.

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components: Build
messages: 378776
nosy: mistydemeo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Configure on Apple ARM: "Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX"
versions: Python 3.9

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