Port install fails for curl, requires gcc4.2

[tome at qx.net]

> On Mar 3, 2015, at 2:11 PM, tome at QX.Net wrote:
>>
>> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Tom Emmert wrote:
>>>
>>>> Running OS X 10.4.11 on a PowerBook G3.  To my knowledge Xcode 2.5,
>>>> gcc4.0.1, is the last version that will work on my system.  Mac port
>>>> 2.3.3 installed ok.  I also noticed that my next mac port install,
>>>> wireshark, also requires gcc4.2.  Any hope for a work around?
>>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Most ports on Tiger will use the MacPorts version of Apple GCC 4.2.1 --
>>> it
>>> is the default compiler on Tiger -- because the version of Apple GCC
>>> 4.0.1
>>> included in Tiger's Xcode is considered old and problematic by now.
>>>
>>> This should all work. What actual error message are you receiving?
>>
>> Thanks Ryan, the following is the verbose terminal output to the point
>> the
>> install hung.  I waited a long time before cntl-c.
>>
>> ppc:~ me$ sudo port -v install curl
>> Password:
>> --->  Computing dependencies for curl................
>> --->  Dependencies to be installed: apple-gcc42 curl-ca-bundle perl5
>> perl5.16 gdbm gettext expat libiconv gperf ncurses libidn openssl zlib
>> xz
>> pkgconfig
>> --->  Building apple-gcc42
>> make: Entering directory
>> `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3'
>> cd
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot
>> && \
>>  /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3/build_gcc
>> "ppc" "ppc" \
>>    /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3
>> /opt/local
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/destroot
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/symroot
>> + TRANSLATE_ARCH=sed -e s/ppc/powerpc/ -e s/i386/i686/ -e s/armv6/arm/
>> + OMIT_X86_64=sed -e s/x86_64//
>> ++ echo ppc
>> ++ sed -e s/ppc/powerpc/ -e s/i386/i686/ -e s/armv6/arm/
>> + HOSTS=powerpc
>> ++ echo ppc
>> ++ sed -e s/ppc/powerpc/ -e s/i386/i686/ -e s/armv6/arm/
>> ++ sed -e s/x86_64//
>> + TARGETS=powerpc
>> + BOOTSTRAP=bootstrap
>> + '[' bootstrap '!=' bootstrap ']'
>> + LANGUAGES=c,c++,objc,obj-c++
>> + CFLAGS=-g -O2  -std=gnu89
>> ++ echo ppc
>> ++ sed -e s/ppc/powerpc/ -e s/i386/i686/ -e s/armv6/arm/
>> + BUILD=powerpc
>> +
>> ORIG_SRC_DIR=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3
>> + DEST_ROOT=/opt/local
>> +
>> DEST_DIR=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/destroot
>> +
>> SYM_DIR=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/symroot
>> ++ pwd
>> +
>> DIR=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot
>> ++ cat
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3/gcc/BASE-VER
>> + VERS=4.2.1
>> + '[' -z 4.2.1 ']'
>> ++ echo 4.2.1
>> ++ sed 's/\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)[.-].*/\1/'
>> + MAJ_VERS=4.2
>> + LIBSTDCXX_VERSION=4.2.1
>> + '[' '!' -d /usr/include/c++/4.2.1 ']'
>> + LIBSTDCXX_VERSION=4.0.0
>> + NON_ARM_CONFIGFLAGS=--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.0.0
>> + PPC_SYSROOT=/
>> + PPC_CONFIGFLAGS=--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.0.0
>> --with-build-sysroot="/"
>> ++ uname -r
>> ++ sed 's/\..*//'
>> + DARWIN_VERS=8
>> + echo DARWIN_VERS = 8
>> DARWIN_VERS = 8
>> + ARM_LIBSTDCXX_VERSION=4.2.1
>> + ARM_CONFIGFLAGS=--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
>> + '[' -n '' ']'
>> + '[' x = xiPhone ']'
>> + '[' -d /Developer/SDKs/Extra ']'
>> + ARM_SYSROOT=/
>> + ARM_TOOLROOT=/
>> + ARM_CONFIGFLAGS=--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
>> --with-build-sysroot="/"
>> + echo powerpc
>> + grep arm
>> + RANLIB=ranlib
>> + STRIP=strip
>> + DSYMUTIL=dsymutil
>> +
>> SRC_DIR=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src
>> + rm -rf
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src
>> + mkdir
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src
>> + ln -s
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>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/gcc-5666.3/ylwrap
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/
>> + rm -rf
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/tcl
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/expect
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/dejagnu
>> + CONFIGFLAGS=--disable-checking --enable-werror   --prefix=/opt/local
>> --mandir=${prefix}/share/man   --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++
>> --libexecdir=/opt/local/libexec/apple-gcc42
>> --libdir=/opt/local/lib/apple-gcc42
>> --includedir=/opt/local/include/apple-gcc42
>> --program-suffix=-apple-4.2
>> --with-system-zlib   --disable-nls   --with-slibdir=/usr/lib
>> --build=powerpc-apple-darwin8
>> ++ sysctl -n hw.activecpu
>> + SYSCTL=1
>> + '[' -z 1 ']'
>> + '[' -z 1 ']'
>> + MAKEFLAGS=-j 1
>> + BUILD_CXX=0
>> ++ echo c,c++,objc,obj-c++
>> ++ sed 's/,/ /g'
>> + '[' c = c++ -o c = obj-c++ ']'
>> + '[' c++ = c++ -o c++ = obj-c++ ']'
>> + BUILD_CXX=1
>> + break
>> + BUILD_JAVA=0
>> ++ echo c,c++,objc,obj-c++
>> ++ sed 's/,/ /g'
>> + '[' c = java ']'
>> + '[' c++ = java ']'
>> + '[' objc = java ']'
>> + '[' obj-c++ = java ']'
>> + BUILD_FORTRAN=0
>> ++ echo c,c++,objc,obj-c++
>> ++ sed 's/,/ /g'
>> + '[' c = fortran ']'
>> + '[' c++ = fortran ']'
>> + '[' objc = fortran ']'
>> + '[' obj-c++ = fortran ']'
>> + unset LANGUAGES
>> + mkdir -p
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/obj-powerpc-powerpc
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>> + cd
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/obj-powerpc-powerpc
>> + '[' '!' -f Makefile ']'
>> + unset RC_DEBUG_OPTIONS
>> + make -j 1 'CFLAGS=-g -O2  -std=gnu89' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2  -std=gnu89'
>> [ -f stage_final ] || echo stage3 > stage_final
>> rm -f stage_current
>> make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
>> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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>> rm -f stage_current
>> make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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>> -B/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/obj-powerpc-powerpc/./prev-gcc/
>> -B/opt/local/powerpc-apple-darwin8/bin/ -c   -g -O2 -mdynamic-no-pic
>> -DIN_GCC   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes
>> -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros
>> -Wno-overlength-strings -Wold-style-definition
>> -Wmissing-format-attribute
>> -Werror    -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
>> -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc
>> -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc/.
>> -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc/../include
>> -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc/../libcpp/include
>>
>> -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc/../libdecnumber
>> -I../libdecnumber
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_apple-gcc42/apple-gcc42/work/objroot/src/gcc/fold-const.c
>> -o fold-const.o
>> ^C
>> ppc:~ me$
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Don't forget to Reply All so the conversation stays on the list. I've
> re-added the list address to this reply.
>
> What speed is your PowerBook G3? How much RAM does it have? How long did
> you wait before pressing Control-C to interrupt it? It would not surprise
> me at all if it took over a day to build a compiler on a computer that
> old. I doubt anything is "hung"; instead, I suspect the computer is
> working as fast as it knows how, but a compiler is a very large piece of
> software to build, and it will take a very long time.
>
> Possibly, if you have very little RAM, it is having to use available hard
> drive space as swap space, which will slow it down quite a lot more. You
> can check if that is the case by observing the swapfiles in the directory
> /var/vm while you are installing the port. The OS will add or remove
> swapfiles as needed. If their combined size is more than the amount of
> RAM, then you'll know you could benefit by purchasing additional RAM.
>
>
>
500 Mhz with 1 gig ram, about 12 gig available disk space.  I started
about 1 est last night and cntl-c about 10 this morning.  I will start
again and watch swapping and just let it run up to 24 hrs.  I will let you
know what happens.  Thanks for your help!  Tom