texlive_base failed to build

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 17, 2008, at 18:15, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote:

> On Oct 17, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:03:56PM -0700, Frank J. R. Hanstick said:
>>
>>> ~ frank$ gcc_select -l
>>> Available versions:
>>> mp-gcc43
>>>
>>> ~ frank$ which gcc
>>> /opt/local/bin/gcc
>>
>> Sounds like some part of the texlive_base build process is ignoring
>> when
>> port sets CC to /usr/bin/gcc-4.0, but only when compiling that one
>> file.
>> Since it's using just a bare 'gcc' it's picking up your MacPorts-
>> installed
>> gcc43 which doesn't support the -ObjC++ option (that option is only
>> available in Apple's gcc).
>>
>> For now, you should be able to get it to build by using gcc_select
>> to use
>> gcc40, though your '-l' output above doesn't show it, so make sure
>> you have
>> the current gcc_select port (0.1_1).
>
> 	The path structure points to /opt/local/bin first instead of /usr/
> bin; therefore, I pickup the gcc_select in /opt/local/bin gcc_select
> which is what I want so long as I do not hit -obj/C++.  I had read
> somewhere that MacPort always used /usr/bin/gcc and bypassed
> gcc_select.  I gather that this is not true.

MacPorts causes Apple's GCC to always be used by setting the CC  
variable. If the port ignores the CC variable, as some part of  
texlive_base appears to, then MacPorts cannot guarantee what GCC will  
be used. This would appear to be a bug in texlive_base which would be  
best reported to its authors. Or if you can work out a patch to fix  
it, we can apply the patch in the port, and then report it to the  
authors of the software.