not specifically MacPorts but tools-related

[paul beard]

On 11/22/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 22, 2007, at 16:11, paul beard wrote:
>
> > On 11/22/07, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> >
> >> gcc_select should probably "never" be used. The system ships with a
> >> default compiler (gcc 3.3 on Panther, gcc 4.0 on Tiger and Leopard)
> >> and that should probably "never" be changed. Software that needs a
> >> different compiler should specify that explicitly.
> >>
> >> Users who had used gcc_select to select a different compiler used to
> >> experience all sorts of weird breakage with some MacPorts software.
> >> Recently (1.5.2?), MacPorts was changed so that it doesn't matter
> >> what the user has selected with gcc_select; MacPorts will use gcc 3.3
> >> on Panther and 4.0 on Tiger and Leopard unless the portfile specifies
> >> something different using configure.compiler. This is a good thing.
> >>
> >> Apple's gcc 3.3 only builds PowerPC binaries, so it's not suitable
> >> for use on Intel Macs.
> >
> > Is the gcc_select in MacPorts any better?
> >
> >  gcc_select                     @0.1            sysutils/gcc_select
> >
> > gcc_select 0.1, sysutils/gcc_select (Variants: universal, darwin_7,
> > darwin_8_ppc, darwin_8_i386)
> > http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/users/mww/select/
> >
> > gcc_select lets you switch the default compiler. It symlinks the
> > standard compiler executables in the MacPorts prefix to the
> > selected version.
>
> I assume the only practical difference between MacPorts gcc_select
> and Apple gcc_select is that Apple gcc_select only lets you select
> Apple-installed compilers, while MacPorts lets you (additionally?)
> select MacPorts-installed compilers.
>
>
Apparently, that's the case. Any idea how you add/remove compilers from it's
list? In either the Apple-supplied one or the MacPorts version?

-- 
Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
<paulbeard at gmail.com/paulbeard at mac.com>
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