On Nov 22, 2007, at 14:43, paul beard wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with the gcc 3.3-fast compiler?
it's listed as an option on my system but gcc_select says it
doesn't really exist. And how do I use the compilers that MacPorts
builds, if I ever had a need?
gcc33 @3.3.6 lang/gcc33
gcc34 @3.4.6 lang/gcc34
gcc40 @ 4.0.4 lang/gcc40
gcc41 @4.1.2 lang/gcc41
gcc42 @4.2.2 lang/gcc42
gcc43 @4.3-20071116 lang/gcc43
And does gcc_select override what's in the Portfile? For instance,
python 2.5 is balking with gcc 4 (the default) but builds with gcc
3.3. I made the change explicit in the Portfile. Could I have saved
that step?
gcc_select should probably "never" be used. The system ships with a
default compiler (gcc 3.3 on Panther, gcc 4.0 on Tiger and Leopard)
and that should probably "never" be changed. Software that needs a
different compiler should specify that explicitly.
Users who had used gcc_select to select a different compiler used to
experience all sorts of weird breakage with some MacPorts software.
Recently (1.5.2?), MacPorts was changed so that it doesn't matter
what the user has selected with gcc_select; MacPorts will use gcc 3.3
on Panther and 4.0 on Tiger and Leopard unless the portfile specifies
something different using configure.compiler. This is a good thing.
Apple's gcc 3.3 only builds PowerPC binaries, so it's not suitable
for use on Intel Macs.
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