Binutils installation problem

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 31, 2007, at 09:48, Anders F Björklund wrote:

> On Aug 31, 2007, at 09:41, Chiara Sandionigi wrote:
>
>> On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:46, Anders F Björklund wrote:
>>
>>> Chiara Sandionigi wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to install GNU Binutils but I get the following error during
>>>> installation
>>>>
>>>> cc: unrecognized option '-no-cpp-precomp'
>>>
>>> This flag shouldn't be needed for Panther and beyond (gcc-3.3+)
>>>
>>> However, my Apple GCC compiler still seems to recognize it.
>>> What platform are you trying to build the binutils port on ?
>>
>> I work on a MacBook with Mac OS X 10.4 and with gcc 4.2.1
>
> Ah, OK... The Portfile is probably not set up to handle the
> FSF GCC but assumes you are using the Apple GCC (/usr/bin/gcc).
> If you have such a non-standard gcc in your path, then you'll
> probably run into port problems with more than just binutils ?
>
> I suggest moving GCC 4.2.1 out of the default paths at least.
> But the port should probably not add -cpp-precomp for new GCC,
> and it will fail with the FSF GCC (including other platforms).
> Not sure how to do it in Tcl, but could be done with "system".

I have submitted a ticket:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12584