[MacPorts] #36637: GDB port is incompatible with GCC

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#36637: GDB port is incompatible with GCC
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  Reporter:  david.krauss@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:  invalid         |   Keywords:
      Port:  gdb             |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  MacPorts Future =>


Comment:

 gdb is not incompatible with gcc; gdb merely has a build-time conflict
 with cctools-headers:

 {{{
 $ sudo port install gdb
 --->  Computing dependencies for gdb
 --->  Fetching distfiles for gdb
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for gdb
 --->  Extracting gdb
 --->  Configuring gdb
 Error: gdb cannot be built while cctools-headers is active.
 Error: Please deactivate cctools-headers and try again.
 Error: You can reactivate cctools-headers again later.
 Error: org.macports.configure for port gdb returned: cctools-headers is
 active
 }}}

 Do what it says: deactivate cctools-headers, then install gdb, then re-
 activate cctools-headers.

 This will fail of course:

 {{{
 $ sudo port deactivate cctools-headers
 --->  Deactivating cctools-headers @829_0
 --->  Unable to deactivate cctools-headers @829_0, the following ports
 depend on it:
 --->    cctools @829_2+llvm31
 }}}

 For the purposes of installing gdb, we don't care about cctools, and we're
 going to re-activate cctools-headers again as soon as we're done
 installing gdb, so it's fine to force the deactivation to make this work:

 {{{
 $ sudo port -f deactivate cctools-headers
 --->  Deactivating cctools-headers @829_0
 --->  Unable to deactivate cctools-headers @829_0, the following ports
 depend on it:
 --->    cctools @829_2+llvm31
 Warning: Deactivate forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
 $ sudo port install gdb
 ...
 $ sudo port activate cctools-headers
 --->  Activating cctools-headers @829_0
 --->  Cleaning cctools-headers
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36637#comment:2>
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