py26-numpy, py26-scipy, and macports atlas/lapack/blas

[Joshua Root]

On 2009-10-5 09:14, Jack Howarth wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 11:11:39PM -0700, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>> On Oct 2, 2009, at 22:01, Jack Howarth wrote:
>>
>>> James,
>>>   You'll want these packages to build against the gcc44 package
>>> rather than the gcc43 package. Only gcc 4.4.x and later builds
>>> on Snow Leopard.
>>>              Jack
>> Huh? Really?  I seem to be building and using gcc-4.0 and 4.2 just  
>> fine... what's failing about pre-4.4 gccs for you?
> 
> Jeremy,
>    I am referring to packages that need the gcc43 or gcc44 packages
> in MacPorts to satisfy a requirement for gfortran. When I submitted
> patches to FSF gcc to solve darwin10 build issues, I only did so
> for the current gcc trunk (which became gcc 4.4.0). There was no
> attempt made to backport the changes to gcc 4.3.x. This means any
> package in MacPorts which needs gfortran will have to depend on
> gcc44 or later if it is to be buildable on Snow Leopard.

Is that a private email from Jeremy you quoted? What he wrote on the
list is:

On 2009-10-3 16:52, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> Uhm... I'm on SL, and I just installed gcc43.
> 
> What problem do you have installing gcc43? 

Have you actually tried installing gcc43 on SL lately?

- Josh