Would mp-gcc-4.7 work as the start rather than 4.8?
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:30 PM, David Barto <dba...@visionpro.com> wrote: > Can I get Brian and me on the open bug ticket as cc members? > > David > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia < > jerem...@macports.org> > wrote: > > > We don't really need to continue this thread. I have reproduced the > issue and think I have a workaround. Feel free to file a ticket and assign > it to me if you want to continue this thread in a more appropriate venue > (mailing list chatter gets lost more easily than bug reports). > > > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > > > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 13:12, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 9, 2013, at 15:06, "Brian D. McGrew" <br...@visionpro.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Well I had to port install gcc48 to build gcc-4.8.1 from source. Using > >>> /usrŠgcc didn't get me there. So installing port gcc48, building > >>> gcc-4.8.1 from source in ~ and installing over the top of port > installed > >>> gcc worked (backing up /opt/local of course). Circular for sure, but > >>> effective. > >> > >> And completely impossible to implement in that fashion in MacPorts. A > port cannot depend on itself. > >> > >> If gcc48 does not build correctly except when built with gcc48, then I > call that a bug in gcc48 that the developers of gcc need to fix, if they > want anybody to be able to use gcc48. > >> > >> /usr/bin/gcc is not a compiler, by the way; it's a symlink to a > compiler, and which compiler it's a symlink to varies by Xcode version, so > it's more useful to talk about the actual compiler. These days, we usually > compile with Xcode's clang. The version of clang varies by Xcode version > too… > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users > -- "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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