GCC Version

[Paul C]

Hi,

The main reason for the switch to a newer version of gcc is that I 
cannot compile glib2 with using the port command, it fails towards the 
end of the compile. I'll give gcc_select a go with a new version of gcc 
and see what happens.

Thanks.

Paul

On 21/07/11 15:43, Jason Swails wrote:
> Yes, it's certainly possible.  You have to install one of the newer GCC
> packages (gcc43, gcc44, gcc45, or gcc46), then install the gcc_select
> package to toggle between them.
>
> To make things easier, you could also install glib2 through MacPorts as
> well, and it will build the necessary components for you:
>
> sudo port install glib2
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Paul C <crispy1975 at gmail.com
> <mailto:crispy1975 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Is there an easy way to use the newer versions of gcc contained in
>     the MacPorts tree instead of the version that is installed with what
>     I assume is Xcode (3.1.4)?
>
>     I had complie errors on glib2 and after submitting a bug report to
>     the gnome people it might be down to the old version of gcc
>     installed not supporting various things.
>
>     Currently I have:
>
>     Power-Mac-G5:~ crispy$ gcc --version
>     powerpc-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.__1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
>
>     However I see the apple-gcc-42 and gcc46 available.
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Paul
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