> You’ll probably need to build form source in either environment if you want to be sure of the deployment target. Both Homebrew and Macports are focused on running OS software for the

> current system, much less so for building baked libraries to run on other systems.

From #machomebrew on freenode:

[13:50] <doubting_thomas> does homebrew support building packages on OSX 10.11 for an earlier version of OSX, like 10.6?

[13:51] <doubting_thomas> well, i guess i should say earlier _versions_, like compatible with 10.6 and up...

[14:36] <tdsmith> doubting_thomas: no

[15:01] <doubting_thomas> tdsmith: thanks.

[15:05] <tdsmith> doubting_thomas: sorry, yw

-Jonathan