#20103: Use a common default variant for a recent gcc port in scientific packages -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: alakazam@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: update | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Keywords: | Port: octave arpack -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by ram@…): This would greatly simplify port maintenance, fewer variants to test, so I am all for this. There are other ports that have multiple compiler variants, fftw-3 for example: {{{ [ram@cizin ~]$ port variants fftw-3 fftw-3 has the variants: universal: Build for multiple architectures i386: Platform variant, do not select manually powerpc: Platform variant, do not select manually gcc42: create Fortran wrappers using gcc42 gcc43: create Fortran wrappers using gcc43 gcc44: create Fortran wrappers using gcc44 g95: create Fortran wrappers using f95 [ram@cizin ~]$ }}} So having a single compiler variant would greatly simplify things. I agree that gcc43 is probably the best choice at the moment. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20103#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS