MacPorts on Lion (common issues, fixes, and workarounds)

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

>> Remind me, what is the purpose for the "if {![file executable ${configure.cc}]}" block? On what systems would /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 not exist? I'm only coming up with Tiger, but nobody would request llvm-gcc-4.2 or clang on Tiger either.
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> Is gcc 4.2 now an optional install?

It's just nice to check those sorts of things.  By the way, I'm sure most macports devs have ADC accounts.  I believe even the free ones have access to the WWDC talk videos (and if not, they have access to the summaries)... you guys should check out the DevTools talk...