GCC Version

Jeremy Huddleston jeremyhu at macports.org
Thu Jul 21 20:02:44 PDT 2011


It is for intel, but I haven't seen any comparisons for ppc.

On Jul 21, 2011, at 11:37, Paul C wrote:

> Oh well, clang failed too. I think I'll put some time to the side and
> recompile for ppc only.
> 
> Is clang a better option than gcc speed wise?
> On Jul 21, 2011 7:16 PM, "Jeremy Huddleston" <jeremyhu at macports.org> wrote:
>> sudo port -v install clang
>> 
>> Then use:
>> configure.compiler=macports-clang
>> 
>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Paul C wrote:
>> 
>>> On 21/07/11 17:21, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> gcc45 does specify those --with-* options.
>>>>>> gcc46 doesn't build gfortran, so it shouldn't be checking for that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ port info gcc46
>>>>> gcc46 @4.6-20110325, Revision 1 (lang)
>>>>> Variants: gfortran, java, (-)universal
>>>>> 
>>>>> Description: The GNU compiler collection, including front ends for C,
> C++, Objective-C and Objective-C++. This is a prerelease
>>>>> BETA version and does not have all available language front ends
> enabled.
>>>>> 
>>>>> sudo port install gcc46
>>>> 
>>>> Ah, I didn't realize that gcc had a variant to enable gfortran and java
> ...
>>>> 
>>>> Your email from 50 minutes ago (*:29) mentions that you see this issue
> with gcc45 as well, but I see that you have gcc45 installed in your bugzilla
> report.
>>>> 
>>>> Since you're dealing with ppc64, I don't have expectation that these
> issues will be addressed any time soon, but you might want to try clang and
> apple-gcc42
>>> 
>>> I've had clang mentioned already, how would I go about trying that out
> for compiling ports? The apple gcc ports failed also. I think I'll give
> clang a go if it's an option and then failing that compile for ppc instead.
>>> 
>> 



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