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

[Weissmann Markus]

On 01.09.2007, at 22:52, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> On Sep 1, 2007, at 12:45, Landon Fuller wrote:
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>> On Sep 1, 2007, at 6:07 AM, Weissmann Markus wrote:
>>
>>> '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.
>>
>> This is going to break ports that require a different compiler,  
>> but specify the compiler using configure.env, or arguments to  
>> configure via configure.args.
>
> Then we should start cleaning ports. All those that specify a  
> different compiler via configure.env should be updated to use  
> configure.cc, etc. Those that use configure.args (or build.args  
> I've also seen) should... I don't know, be tested to see if they  
> can instead use configure.cc (or build.cc, etc.; do we have that?).
>

Indeed. "configure.env" is not officially supported anymore anyway...  
some ports cant do without, but most can. Please everybody clean your  
ports.


>> It's a shame that there are no auto-builds, as we don't know what  
>> will break.
>>
>> At the very least, would you be opposed to a new flag that enables  
>> (or disables) this behavior?
>

Not at all. If it doesn't break anything by default, feel free to add  
it!


Regards,

-Markus

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Markus W. Weissmann
http://www.mweissmann.de/