darwin may lose primary target status on FSF gcc

[Toby Peterson]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 17:21, Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:13:22PM -0700, Toby Peterson wrote:
>>
>> Still failing to see relevance here. I'm sorry that the gcc devs are
>> causing you this inconvenience, but the fact remains that gcc is not a
>> viable option moving forward. More importantly, it's not relevant to
>> this mailing list.
>>
>> - Toby
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>
> Toby,
>   Perhaps it is more a reflection of the dearth of scientific
> packages in MacPorts. On fink, it will be felt...
>
> grep gcc44 *info | grep BuildDepends
> apbs-mpi.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, (%type_pkg[handler] = lammpi) lammpi-dev (>= 7.1.2-1000), (%type_pkg[handler] = openmpi) openmpi-dev (>= 1.2.5-1000), fink (>= 0.24.12)
> apbs.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, python26, fink (>= 0.24.12)
> arpack.info:BuildDepends: fink (>=0.24.12), gcc44
> atlas.info:BuildDepends: gcc44
> avl.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44, x11-dev
> ccp4.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, f2c, fort77, tcltk-dev, x11-dev, xmkmf (>= 1.0.2-3), fink (>= 0.24.12)
> eden.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), x11-dev, gsl, fftw | fftw-mpi, gsl,  gcc44
> fftw.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, (%type_raw[-mpi] = -mpi) openmpi-dev, fink (>= 0.27.2)
> fftw3.info:BuildDepends:  fink (>= 0.24.12-1), gcc44, ocaml
> freefem++.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44, x11-dev, tetex3-base, imagemagick
> freehelix.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, fink (>= 0.24.12-1)
> gopenmol.info:BuildDepends: tcltk-dev (>= 8.4.13-1), tclxml-dev, tclexpat-dev, freeglut, libjpeg, python26, gcc44, x11-dev, fink (>= 0.28-1)
> gpp4.info:BuildDepends: mmdb-dev (>= 1.19-12), ssm-dev (>= 0.1-12), gcc44 (>= 4.4.1-1000)
> harminv.info:BuildDepends: gcc44
> hdf5-18-gfortran.info:BuildDepends: szip (>= 2.0-2), gcc44, fink(>= 0.24.12)
> hdf5-18.info:BuildDepends: szip (>= 2.0-2), gcc44, fink(>= 0.24.12)
> hdf5.info:BuildDepends: szip (>= 2.0-2), gcc44, fink ( >= 0.24.12)
> libarprec.info:BuildDepends: libqd, gcc44 | gcc43 | g95
> libqd.info:BuildDepends: gcc44 | gcc43 | g95
> meep.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, hdf5-18, libtool14, libiconv-dev, gmp, szip, gsl, fftw3, guile18, guile18-dev, (%type_raw[-mpi] = -mpi) openmpi-dev
> mmdb.info:BuildDepends: libtool14, gcc44 (>= 4.4.1-1000)
> modulef.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44, x11-dev
> mosflm.info:BuildDepends: gcc44 (>= 4.4.1-1000), ccp4-dev (>= 6.1.2-1), x11, libjpeg, libgettext3-shlibs
> ncarg-10.6.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, x11-dev, fink (>= 0.24.12)
> netcdf-g.info:BuildDepends: (%type_raw[fort] = fortran)gcc44, (%type_raw[fort] = 95)g95
> patchy4.info:BuildDepends: gcc44
> pdb2pqr.info:BuildDepends: python, python26, gcc44
> pgplot.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, libpng3, x11-dev, aquaterm-dev (>= 1.0.0-1002), fink (>= 0.24.12)
> qepcad.info:BuildDepends: freeglut, readline5, saclib%type_pkg[-gcc4.4], sed, flex-devel, (%type_pkg[-gcc4.4]) gcc44
> qprop.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44
> root-pythia.info:BuildDepends: gcc44, cernlib-mclibs
> saclib.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), (%type_pkg[-gcc4.4]) gcc44
> scipy-py.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), fftw3, gcc44, djbfft (>= 0.76-3), x11-dev, swig
> slatec.info:BuildDepends: gcc44
> ssm.info:BuildDepends: mmdb-dev (>= 1.19-12), gcc44 (>= 4.4.1-1000)
> tinker.info:BuildDepends: gcc44
> whatcheck.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44
> xfoil.info:BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.24.12), gcc44, x11-dev
>
> and those are only the packages in the sci subdirectory.

Nothing is stopping you from using Fink.

- Toby