Default compiler suite (was Re:[28325] trunk/dports/graphics/wxWidgets-devel/Portfile)

[Weissmann Markus]

On 01.09.2007, at 13:20, Weissmann Markus wrote:

> On 31.08.2007, at 16:21, N_Ox wrote:
>
>> Le 30 août 07 à 19:40, Anders F Björklund a écrit :
>>
>>> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why do we keep repeating these lines in so many portfiles? Why  
>>>> isn't "configure.compiler gcc-4.0" the default on darwin 8, and  
>>>> similarly, "configure.compiler gcc-3.3" the default on darwin 7?
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> If nothing else, it keeps those pesky "+darwin_8" variants  
>>> alive. :-(
>>>
>>> --anders
>>>
>>
>> I don't even understand why there is a default compiler hard  
>> written in ports.
>> gcc-4 is the default on Tiger, users who change this behaviour  
>> surely know some things may break.
>>
>
> The problem is that a user can use 'gcc_select' and you have no  
> idea what 'gcc' .. executes on 10.4; if you know that your port is  
> happy with any of the two, dont use a platform statement. If you  
> dont want or dont can (e. g. on x86) to test your port with both  
> compilers, state explicitly which one you know it compiles with.
> I have no idea what will happen to every single port if we tell  
> port to automatically select a compiler if none is requested  
> explicitly (though we can have a try).
>

'portconfigure.tcl' from trunk will chose a default for darwin 7/8/9  
(gcc3.3/4.0/4.0). Please test it! Just replacing /opt/local/share/ 
macports/Tcl/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl with http://svn.macports.org/ 
repository/macports/trunk/base/src/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl manually  
should do the trick.

This version also fixes a bug that when using configure.compiler  
every user-added compiler selection (e.g. 'configure.cc /bin/true')  
was overwritten.


-Markus

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Markus W. Weissmann
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Markus W. Weissmann
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