[MacPorts] #20103: Use a common default variant for a recent gcc port in scientific packages

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#20103: Use a common default variant for a recent gcc port in scientific packages
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 Reporter:  alakazam@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  update                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.7.1                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:  octave arpack                        
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Comment(by ram@…):

 This would greatly simplify port maintenance, fewer variants to test, so I
 am all for this. There are other ports that have multiple compiler
 variants, fftw-3 for example:

 {{{
 [ram at cizin ~]$ port variants fftw-3
 fftw-3 has the variants:
         universal: Build for multiple architectures
         i386: Platform variant, do not select manually
         powerpc: Platform variant, do not select manually
         gcc42: create Fortran wrappers using gcc42
         gcc43: create Fortran wrappers using gcc43
         gcc44: create Fortran wrappers using gcc44
         g95: create Fortran wrappers using f95
 [ram at cizin ~]$
 }}}

 So having a single compiler variant would greatly simplify things.

 I agree that gcc43 is probably the best choice at the moment.

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