gcc compilers to be supported by Macports, especially on older MacOS systems

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Ken Cunningham wrote:
> apple-gcc42 stays, of course. unique and needed on 10.4
> gcc4.8 … tenfourfox

and potentially for "other" old code.


> gcc5 … for the java compiler used in pdftoolkit on older systems

Didn't know that... I don't know that port. No way it works with gcc 4.8 
or 6.5?

> gcc7 … current default compiler used for 5 years now on 10.4/5, well known, but staring to be a few things it can’t build, hence the pressure to upgrade
> gcc10 .. last one that builds without c++11 … little used, but we need a fallback about here, so this is a guess as to a good fallback
> gcc14 … current, has been used for the past year or so as the default compiler on ppc (by a small number of people TBH)

Essentially to your list i would just add 6.5 then, because it is a very 
good compiler. I am very scared about gcc14 also on Linux and BSD.
gcc7 is quite proven yes

Riccardo