rexx install - build failure due to -xchar=unsigned

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 11, 2008, at 06:37, Dale Miller wrote:

> Trying to install port rexx (3.3) on Leapord on a G5, the build  
> fails. All compile steps bomb with the following message(s)
> 	powerpc-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1: language char=unsigned not  
> recognized
> I traced this to a line in the generated Makefile:
> 	CEXTRA = -DREGINA_SHARE_DIRECTORY=\"$(sharedir)\" -xchar=unsigned
> I tried the install with and without the only listed variant  
> (universal) with no success.
> I was able to capture the makefile, and modify it by removing the  
> offending option from the CEXTRA line. I was able to run the make  
> manually, but of course attempting to run the install again results  
> in regenerating the bad makefile, with the same errors.
> Is this a bug or a short between the headset and the stick on my part?

rexx 3.3 wouldn't build for me either on 10.4.11 Intel. I updated the  
port to 3.4 and now it builds for me, so try that (wait 12 hours,  
then "sudo port selfupdate", then try to install it again). If that  
doesn't work, please file a ticket.