gcc49 fails to build

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 4, 2018, at 16:05, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>>> I won't include the entire log (yet), as I'm sure that I'm not the only one.  What I certainly do *not* want, however, is to rebuild GCC, so I consider this to be a blessing in disguise :-)
>> 
>> We can't guess what the problem is. Please file a bug report and attach the compressed main.log.
> 
> I like to make sure that I'm not duplicating a bug report -- how do *you* go bug-hunting? -- but OK, one hidously-long filename "main.log.gz" attached...
> 
> In the meantime, you seem to have missed the other part of my message, viz: how do I *not* recompile GCC?  That will bring this old MacBook to its knees, and I have better things to do with it than have character echo times measured in seconds...
> 
> -- Dave<main.log.gz>

Here is the bug report corresponding to that problem:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56511

gcc4x is not compatible with Xcode 9.2. It may not be compatible with any Xcode 9.x. Use gcc5 or later if possible. We don't plan to backport the fixes to make gcc4x compatible with newer Xcode.