Re: [MacPorts] #32732: swftools: configure fails with clang: Your gcc is too old to compile this! (was: swftools port not installable on Lion 10.7.2 : gcc is too old)

3 Jan 2012

      #32732: swftools: configure fails with clang: Your gcc is too old to compile this!
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 Reporter:  vincentdigitallife@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                        |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                        |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                         |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:  clang                         |        Port:  swftools                             
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * keywords:  => clang

Old description:
...
Hi,
I tried to install swftools (0.9.1 in the available ports) with the
latest Mac Ports release 2.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion. But it failed the
log is complaining GCC is too old. Of course I ran the macport
selffupdate, and I have the latest Xcode 4.2.1 installed

...
:info:configure *****************************
----
**********************
:info:configure * Your gcc is too old to compile this!
:info:configure *
:info:configure * The last version compileable by this compiler is
:info:configure * swftools 0.7.0, which you can download from
:info:configure * http://www.swftools.org/swftools-0.7.0.tar.gz
:info:configure * .
:info:configure * Newer versions require at least gcc 3.0.0
New description:

 Hi,

 I tried to install swftools (0.9.1 in the available ports) with the latest
 Mac Ports release 2.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion. But it failed the log is
 complaining GCC is too old. Of course I ran the macport selffupdate, and I
 have the latest Xcode 4.2.1 installed

 {{{
 :info:configure *****************************
 ----
 **********************
 :info:configure * Your gcc is too old to compile this!
 :info:configure *
 :info:configure * The last version compileable by this compiler is
 :info:configure * swftools 0.7.0, which you can download from
 :info:configure * http://www.swftools.org/swftools-0.7.0.tar.gz
 :info:configure * .
 :info:configure * Newer versions require at least gcc 3.0.0
 }}}

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Comment:

 Of course the error message is wrong; swftools is just under the mistaken
 impression that every compiler one might use to compile it is gcc. In this
 case, we're using clang; clang's version number happens to be lower than
 gcc's, though it is just as (or more) capable than gcc.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32732#comment:1>
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