In article <20090110003659.gc...@ninagal.withay.com>, Bryan Blackburn <b...@macports.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 04:00:09PM -0800, Russell E. Owen said: > > I'm trying to build tcl on MacOS X 10.5.6 using the macports gcc 4.3.2. > > I know a tcl is available from macports, but for obscure reasons I need > > my own non-framework version. When I do the standard: > > Note that the tcl port does not install a framework, just the *nix-style > include/lib stuff. Yes. That is exactly what I want. > > ./configure > > make > > I eventually get this error: > > cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-mdynamic-no-pic" > > > > I am guessing this flag is an Apple extension that is not available in > > the macports compiler. Surely this must come up when the macports tcl > > port (and perhaps other software), yet I can't find anything about it in > > the tcl port file, nor anywhere else for that matter. > > The vast majority of ports use the gcc which comes with Xcode, and the vast > majority of those use gcc-4.0, so they don't have to work around such issues > for the most part. Oh, of course! I should have realized that. > > Can anyone tell me how to avoid the problem? > > In your case, it looks like you'll need to edit unix/configure to remove > that flag from EXTRA_APP_CC_SWITCHES, then do the configure and make again; > though I haven't tried it myself. Thank you very much. -- Russell _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
