Hi Michael, On Feb 14, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Michael Williams wrote:
The gcc33 port fails to build on my machine:
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I need access to 3.3 to build and test a generic (but old) scientific simulation code, which is why I'm trying to install it using MacPorts. I would welcome any advice. Should XCode 2.4.1 on Intel be able to provide me with a working gcc < 4.0? Failing that, how can I build gcc 3.3 using MacPorts without gcc 3.3?
There is no supported way to do this, and the gcc33 port should fail with a more informative error if you try to do this on an Intel mac. The problem is not really macports, but that 1) Building an earlier compiler with a later one is not a supported configuration with gcc (so problems reported to them will not be treated as bugs), and 2) When the gcc3.3 series was developed there were no OS X/intel machines to test it on, and no one has invested the substantial effort to backport gcc3.3 to OS X/intel. Xcode on OS X/intel provides only gcc 4.0 (or later) for compiling native binaries. It does ship with a "gcc33" but that is a cross compiler for generating ppc binaries only. The best use of your time is probably to update your code to compile under the gcc 4.0.x compiler that comes with your installed Xcode. Best Wishes, Greg
Thanks, -- Mike Williams University of Oxford _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users