Hi, first of all thank you all for all the work you are doing on MacPorts, I really like it a lot. I really just came to the Mac because the Intel MacBooks are so nice Unix machines;) The first question I have here: I just performed a port selfupdate to 1.4.0 yesterday and now try to install python24 / py-numpy / matplotlib with it. The first point that raises is the following: It installed the gcc42 port, and I do habe /opt/local/bib/gcc-dp-4.2 and such. How is one suppposed to ensure these are actually used? I have set CC, CXX, and friends accordingly and have /opt/local/bin first in the path, but the ports are still build using gcc-4.0 from Apple. Moreover, I encounter a build-problem for python24 with libtool (the MacPorts one): [...] ranlib libpython2.4.a /opt/local/bin/ginstall -c -d -m 755 Python.framework/Versions/2.4 libtool -o Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Python -dynamic libpython2.4.a \ -lSystem -lSystemStubs -arch_only i386 -install_name /opt/ local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Python - compatibility_version 2.4 -current_version 2.4 libtool: unrecognized option `-o' Try `libtool --help' for more information. make: *** [Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Python] Error 1 If I change to the build directory cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dp orts_lang_python24/work/Python-2.4.3 and run the program by hand using the Apple libtool, everything seems fine: sudo /usr/bin/libtool -o Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Python - dynamic libpython2.4.a -lSystem -lSystemStubs -arch_only i386 - install_name /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ 2.4/Python -compatibility_version 2.4 -current_version 2.4 I can then continue the port install, which works, and python also seems to work nicely so far, I can also continue to install py-numpy. Any comments on what I might be doing wrong? tests I should perform? Thank you for your help in advance! Greetings, Jochen -- Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG -- Department of Molecular Physics Faradayweg 4-6 (C1.03) D-14195 Berlin, Germany phone: +49-30-84135686 fax: +49-30-84135892