Modula2 port? GNU Modula2?

[Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate]

Ken, I see two options for you.  Which would you prefer?

1.  Wait for someone to review my existing PR.  This could take a while
longer.
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28687

2.  Patch your local MacPorts install to add GNU Modula2.  This is the
quickest, and totally under your own control.  However there are multiple
steps, and a GCC rebuild will keep your Mac running for several hours.
Also you may need to rebuild following any later use of port selfupdate.

If you decide to patch, please let me know whether you have a standard
install in /opt/local, or are using a custom MacPorts install directory.
Also do you have sudo privileges?


On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Dave, Mark...
>
>   I've again taken a look at the MacPorts Guide. I'd really appreciate
> someone actually doing what you've suggested.  I know it's so much
> better for the fisherman to teach the beginner how to fish rather than
> giving him a fish, but it's more than a little daunting for me,
> without some extensive hand-holding and spoon-feeding :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM Mark E Anderson <mark at macports.org> wrote:
> >
> > We could probably add that as a gcc variant, too, if that's all it takes.
> >
> > —Mark
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, at 12:08 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via
> macports-users wrote:
> >
> > Ken, you can get GNU Modula2 as an added component of the GCC port.
> This is supported since GCC 13.1.  Add this simple patch to your local GCC
> portfile, then do a local rebuild of GCC.  MacPorts does not currently host
> a pre-built version.
> >
> > -set gcc_configure_langs {c c++ objc obj-c++ lto fortran}
> > +set gcc_configure_langs {c c++ objc obj-c++ lto fortran m2}
> >
> > This built and tested fine for me.  The compiler run command is gm2.
> There is on-line documentation on the GCC website.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM Kenneth Wolcott <
> kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd sure like to have a Modula2 port.
> >
> > I see that Modula3 seems very dead...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
>
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