Hi Dave; I'd prefer option #1, thank you.
Ken On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ken, I see two options for you. Which would you prefer? > > 1. Wait for someone to review my existing PR. This could take a while > longer. > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28687 > > 2. Patch your local MacPorts install to add GNU Modula2. This is the > quickest, and totally under your own control. However there are multiple > steps, and a GCC rebuild will keep your Mac running for several hours. Also > you may need to rebuild following any later use of port selfupdate. > > If you decide to patch, please let me know whether you have a standard > install in /opt/local, or are using a custom MacPorts install directory. > Also do you have sudo privileges? > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Dave, Mark... >> >> I've again taken a look at the MacPorts Guide. I'd really appreciate >> someone actually doing what you've suggested. I know it's so much >> better for the fisherman to teach the beginner how to fish rather than >> giving him a fish, but it's more than a little daunting for me, >> without some extensive hand-holding and spoon-feeding :-) >> >> Thanks, >> Ken Wolcott >> >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM Mark E Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > We could probably add that as a gcc variant, too, if that's all it takes. >> > >> > —Mark >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, at 12:08 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via >> > macports-users wrote: >> > >> > Ken, you can get GNU Modula2 as an added component of the GCC port. This >> > is supported since GCC 13.1. Add this simple patch to your local GCC >> > portfile, then do a local rebuild of GCC. MacPorts does not currently >> > host a pre-built version. >> > >> > -set gcc_configure_langs {c c++ objc obj-c++ lto fortran} >> > +set gcc_configure_langs {c c++ objc obj-c++ lto fortran m2} >> > >> > This built and tested fine for me. The compiler run command is gm2. >> > There is on-line documentation on the GCC website. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > I'd sure like to have a Modula2 port. >> > >> > I see that Modula3 seems very dead... >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Ken Wolcott
