atlas depends on gcc43 *and* gcc44 ???

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-6-1 05:48 , Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does it make sense that atlas requires two different compilers ??
> 
> Chris-Jones-Macbook-Pro /opt/local > sudo port uninstall gcc43
> --->  Unable to uninstall gcc43 4.3.5_0, the following ports depend on it:
> --->  	atlas
> --->  	py26-numpy
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on gcc43 first.
> Chris-Jones-Macbook-Pro /opt/local > sudo port uninstall gcc44
> --->  Unable to uninstall gcc44 4.4.4_1+darwin_10, the following ports depend on it:
> --->  	atlas
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on gcc44 first.
> Chris-Jones-Macbook-Pro /opt/local > 

It doesn't actually, the flat registry just thinks it does.
<http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13054>

The default compiler used by atlas was recently switched from gcc43 to
gcc44, which is additionally problematic in that this causes multiple
gcc versions to be installed when installing some ports.
<http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25081>

- Josh