gcc42 target bootstrap runs forever?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 1, 2008, at 17:11, skip at pobox.com wrote:

> I executed sudo port upgrade active this morning.  It made it through
> several different port upgrades, but when it got to gcc42 it just  
> seemed to
> run forever.  I don't know how long I let it run before killing it,  
> but it
> had to be at least two-three hours.
>
> I'm going to try installing gcc43 instead.  Should the gcc42  
> upgrade have
> worked?  I've got MacPorts 1.6.0 and Xcode 2.5 installed on a  
> Powerbook G4
> running OSX 10.4.11.


gcc42 took about 6 hours to build and install on my 1.5-GHz PowerBook  
G4 back when I had it. If your PowerBook is slower, it'll take even  
longer.

You can install with the -v flag to see what's going on, to show that  
it's still working, and not frozen.

sudo port -v upgrade gcc42