On Nov 16, 2011, at 23:00, Kyle Husmann wrote: >> Ok. What solution are you advocating? > > Sorry, I don't have any solutions at the moment. Frankly this is out > of my expertise. I like your idea to mix and match the fsf fortran > compiler with the osx toolchain though. > > Still, it would be nice to give the user the option to maintain an > entire macports ecosystem all compiled with the fsf gcc, instead of > having to manually add the configure.compiler line to all the > installs. I realize this probably creates a bunch of issues of its own > though.
I'm certain that would create many problems. I'm fairly certain it would create more problems than it solves. >> It sounds like you're saying we should never mix Apple gcc compilers with >> fsf gcc compilers. Some very small number of ports require a newer gcc than >> Apple provides, hence the fsf gcc is the only option. What should we do in >> that case: force the user to rebuild all ports? > > From my understanding, yes, this would be the only way to go. > >> Is it only Apple gcc that's a problem? If so, does that mean the problem is >> already resolved when using Xcode 4 on Lion and Snow Leopard, where the >> default compiler is not gcc, but Apple llvm-gcc or Apple clang (depending on >> Xcode version)? > > I'm not familiar with llvm-gcc here so I can't answer this. > >> Is Apple clang vs. plain clang also a problem? > > No idea, but since C is much simpler of a language, I would probably > guess it was OK. In Xcode 3 and earlier, since the beginning of OS X, Apple used the gcc compiler collection to compile C, C++ and Objective-C code. In Xcode 4.2 and later, Apple no longer ships any version of gcc; it now uses the clang compiler collection to compile C, C++ and Objective-C code. So, llvm-gcc and clang are where most of our efforts should be focused. The Apple version of gcc is already dead to Apple, never to be revived. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
