Port install fails for curl, requires gcc4.2

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Wed Mar 4 16:39:49 PST 2015


On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

> On March 4, 2015 7:04:04 PM EST, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> Great, glad it worked. 1 GB RAM should be ok for compiling most ports;
>> my PowerPC test machine has only 512 MB. But your 500 MHz processor is
>> slow. It may be the fastest G3 Apple shipped, but it's still much
>> slower than my 1.67 GHz G4. And when I do updates on mine, I typically
>> set them to go at night and check on them in the morning.
>> 
>> Compiling compilers is one of the slowest tasks though. Most ports
>> should build much quicker.
> 
> Apple employee indicates an iBook had a 900mhz g3 (2003l.

Oh right, I forgot iBooks still used the G3 for awhile after PowerBooks switched to the G4. 



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