[MacPorts] #40956: ocaml: ld: unknown option: -no_compact_unwind (was: Error building port ocaml ocaml-4.01.0 on PPC Leopard 10.5.8)

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#40956: ocaml: ld: unknown option: -no_compact_unwind
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  Reporter:  iwm@…   |      Owner:  mww@…
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:  2.2.0
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tiger leopard
      Port:  ocaml   |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * port:   => ocaml
 * owner:  macports-tickets@… => mww@…
 * keywords:   => tiger leopard


Old description:

> in build /usr/bin/make coldstart
>
> :info:build /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -Wl,-no_compact_unwind  -o ocamlrun \
> :info:build       prims.o libcamlrun.a -lcurses -lpthread
> :info:build ld: unknown option: -no_compact_unwind
> :info:build collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

New description:

 in build /usr/bin/make coldstart
 {{{
 :info:build /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -Wl,-no_compact_unwind  -o ocamlrun \
 :info:build       prims.o libcamlrun.a -lcurses -lpthread
 :info:build ld: unknown option: -no_compact_unwind
 :info:build collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 }}}

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Comment:

 As far as I can tell, `-no_compact_unwind` is only supported as of the
 version of `ld` in Snow Leopard.

 I wonder if using the ld64 port instead would help. Or if the flag can be
 removed from ocaml that would be simpler.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40956#comment:1>
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