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If you can't find anything new then maybe the old information is still valid/helpful. A On Fri, August 24, 2007 14:27, Jamie McCloskey wrote: > On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 16:53 +1200, Brett Davidson wrote: > >> He won't be able to build gcc if he has a vanilla OS-X installation. >> >> >> However, go here young man... >> http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/ >> and http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html >> These will provide basic Apple cc tools which will then let you compile >> gcc. (what the over-bloated Xcode is based on, anyway). >> >> Note the following : >> >> >> This version of GCC requires at least cctools-590.36. The >> cctools-590.36 package referenced from >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html >> will not work on systems older than 10.3.9 (aka darwin7.9.0). >> >> Have fun! >> >> >> Brat. >> >> >> >> >> Steve Holdoway wrote: >> >>> Alternatively, download the relevant version of gcc - from >>> gcc.gnu.org if all else fails? >>> >>> Steve >>> PS. Ne hijaquez pas. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:23:41 +1200 >>> Jamie McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have recently become frustrated with Macs for programming on. I do >>>> programming in school for ICT, and I refuse to download nearly a >>>> gig of software just to get Apple's Xcode. All I wanted was to >>>> compile a bit of C! Installing Linux is not an option; the teacher >>>> is a big Mac fanboy. SOo.. I need a Live CD that I can boot into, >>>> hopefully with some basic development tools included, and save my >>>> source code to a USB key to work on again. Can anyone reccommend a >>>> suitable distro that runs on PPC? -- >>>> Jamie McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > Thanks! I went to http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/compiler/ > and it looks like the Apple GCC source code is available over CVS. Is this > the same as the normal GNU GCC? Because, CVS is included with the > Developer Tools from Apple, which I don't want to download. Is it > possible to compile the official GNU GCC release with cctools, or should I > grab the Apple version source from CVS on my linux box, and transfer it > over to the Mac? -- > Jamie McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >
