Ken, the main credit goes to Chris Jones who generated the gcc15 version after I fumbled the gcc14 one. Also thanks to Sergey Fedorov who explained and created the first working Darwin/Arm64 adaption for this purpose.
We will try to remember to fix that "Modular" typo on next update. On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave; > > I started using the Modula-2 compiler from MacPorts today. > > Thank you so much for providing this port! > > I have a **MINOR** nit: "Modula-2", not "Modular-2" (as seen in the > output of "port info gcc15") :-) > > Awesome! > > Ken Wolcott > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Dave; >> >> This is **AWESOME** news... >> >> Thanks, >> Ken Wolcott >> >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via >> macports-users <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM Saj Goonatilleke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025, at 14:25, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> >> > I don't see a MacPorts ticket (perhaps I did not create one?) >> >> > regarding a new port for Modula-2 from gcc. I thought I was told >> that >> >> > there was a pending merge that would enable the gcc modula-2 port >> from >> >> > gcc... >> >> >> >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28687 >> >> >> >> > Do I need to create a MacPorts ticket (if one does not exist >> >> > already, which I could not find) to track this port creation request? >> >> >> >> A MacPorts Trac ticket amounts to little more than hopes and prayers. >> The PR from Dave is actual movement. I don't think a ticket would help at >> this point. :) >> >> >> >> If you have an account on GitHub, you can subscribe to activity on the >> PR to be notified of any progress. GitHub will send mail for every update >> on the PR. >> >> >> >> It might really help Dave (and the reviewers) if you could test this >> patch and report any problems on the PR. If it works, you can merrily >> continue using this WIP build of gcc while the PR is in review. >> >> >> >> Here is what you need to install ports that are yet to be published. >> >> https://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories >> > >> > >> > I am now trying to roll Modula-2 into the new basic update for GCC >> 14.3. Please track new PR: >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/29119. >> >
