[MacPorts] #50578: python34 + GCC + El Capitain

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#50578: python34 + GCC + El Capitain
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  Reporter:  citibob@…  |      Owner:  jwa@…
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
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Comment (by citibob@…):

 It's looking like it's a bug in the Python distro, not MacPorts.

 http://bugs.python.org/issue26317

 Python.org is likely to fix it for Python 3.5 and above, but definitely
 not 3.4.  Once the bug is fixed, one should be able to install with GCC on
 MacPorts via by setting the CC and OBJC env variables separately when
 running ./configure.  I believe this can be accomplished in MacPorts via:
      port install python34 configure.cc=/path/to/gcc configure.objc=clang

 Things that maybe should be changed on the MacPorts side:


 * Should MacPorts check for GCC and automatically switch to Clang for the
 Objective-C portion (or at least complain with an error, recommending that
 you try configure.objc=clang)?  I suppose this is only a problem for
 certain versions of GCC and OS X, and might be resolved with future
 updates to GCC.  So it's not clear that anything should change in
 MacPorts.

 * May be MacPorts should provide a variant that disables the Objective-C
 Python Launcher.  I'm pretty sure the launcher is useless for my work.
 There's a configure option to disable it in the Python.org distro, but
 that option is not made available as a MacPorts variant.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50578#comment:2>
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