macports and Xcode

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 12, 2008, at 14:54, Anders F Björklund wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>> I really don't want to have to build or use a bootstrapped GCC, X11
>>> and all to have a self-contained MacPorts installation.
>>
>> Also, don't forget that only Apple's gcc installed with Xcode can
>> create universal binaries in one step (with e.g. "-arch i386 -arch
>> ppc"), which is the method MacPorts uses. The standard gcc cannot
>> do this.
>
> Unless you install Apple's gcc without Xcode, of course :-)
> So a bootstrapped GCC might still have -arch parameters.

Ah, true, true. :)

Well, then my next complaint would be with a bootstrapped X11. Apple  
X11 seems nice enough, but when I tried XFree86 it was totally ugly  
(weird non-Mac-like cursor and window behavior, etc.) I didn't try  
xorg, and I don't know if sources for Apple X11 are available. But  
again I wouldn't see any need to build it since Apple X11 is included  
with the operating system.