On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Jack Howarth wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 09:01:58AM -0700, David R. Morrison wrote: >> >> On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Jack Howarth wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 08:05:38AM -0700, David R. Morrison wrote: >>>> So at the very least, we should put a news item on the fink webpage >>>> warning users that fink on 10.6 is currently incompatible with Xcode 4.2, >>>> and suggesting a downgrade to Xcode 3.2.6. >>>> >>>> Another short-term measure would be to put a test into fink to check for >>>> Xcode 4.2 on 10.6, and warn users that they should downgrade. >>>> >>>> The question of how and whether to adapt the fink 10.6 release to >>>> accomodate this major change by apple is a more difficult one, and will >>>> require additional thought as well as time to implement. >>>> >>>> -- Dave >>> >>> Dave, >>> The change as implemented on >>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3426897&group_id=17203&atid=317203 >>> will be transparent to current Fink users who aren't on 10.6 with Xcode >>> 4.2. The only change for Lion users will be >>> that the clang compiler wrappers will explictly pass the --arch x86_64 >>> (which again should be a transparent change >>> and cause no issues). >>> I been able to build... >> >> >> Lots of questions here, including: >> 1) Do things build differently? One of our main design principles in fink >> is that things should build the same for everybody. >> 2) Any problem with mixing and matching, i.e., upgrading the compiler on an >> already-installed fink? >> >> -- Dave > > Dave, > Any thoughts on the alternative approach as implemented in... > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3427243&group_id=17203&atid=317203 > > Checking for 10.6 in the path-prefix-10.6 compiler-wrapper and substituting > gcc-4.2 and g++-4.2 > for instances of cc/gcc and c++/g++ seems the least invasive approach. > Hopefully we can fix this > issue in the near term. > Jack > ps It is unfortunate that we can't offer clang support to SL users but > without a blanket adoption of > clang for SL Xcode 4.2, I don't see the user base being big enough to merit > the changes for a UseClang > option. > >>
Jack, I believe that Alexander and Max are testing this with plans to release it soon. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
