Hi thanks for the reply.
I put the code you suggested to dp:
export CFLAGS=-I/path/to/macports/includes
export LDFLAGS=-l/path/to/macports/lib
in my ./profile and it comes up in env now.
curl installed as +universal and most ports work as universal apart from gtk2 and those dependant.
gtk2 might now work as universal, there are a lot of updates and patches, but so far as I can find not for tiger.
jpeg installs as universal now as jpeg @8c_0+universal
I just want to build a working game , with either universal or non universal binaries.