#18477: pgplot should use variant gcc42 (or higher) for ppc -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: davidh@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Bugs Component: ports | Version: 1.7.0 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- on Tiger/ppc system gcc 3.4.6 is terribly obsolete variant i386 uses gcc42, why can't the variant name be changed? ---------------------------- on Tiger/ppc system, fresh install of macports: david-hendersons-power-mac-g5:/ davidh$ nice sudo port install pgplot +gcc42 +aqt +demos +x11 ---> Fetching aquaterm ---> Attempting to fetch aquaterm_src.1.0.1.tar.gz from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/aquaterm ---> Verifying checksum(s) for aquaterm ---> Extracting aquaterm ---> Applying patches to aquaterm ---> Configuring aquaterm ---> Building aquaterm ---> Staging aquaterm into destroot ---> Installing aquaterm @1.0.1_4 ---> Activating aquaterm @1.0.1_4 ---> Cleaning aquaterm ---> Fetching gcc34 ---> Attempting to fetch gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2 from http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/ftp/gnu//gcc/gcc-3.4.6 -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18477> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS