Opened 7 years ago

Closed 7 years ago

#53494 closed enhancement (wontfix)

llvm-gcc42

Reported by: mkheirkhah (Morteza Kheirkhah) Owned by: jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Port: llvm-gcc42

Description

Hi, I am trying to install llvm-gcc42 on OS X Sierra and it seems this is not supported on this OS. Is there any reason to not supporting this anymore!

Change History (7)

comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by kencu (Ken)

I can't imagine why you would want this ancient compiler on Sierra. Any hints?

comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by mkheirkhah (Morteza Kheirkhah)

Is it really ancient? I have been building some apps (in ns3) since 2012-2013 and this compiler seems to be the best to work with on OSx. I guess it would be nice if we can have it in MacPorts.

comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by kencu (Ken)

llvm-gcc42 came out (I think) with 10.5, that makes it about 2006 era. It was a hybrid with a gcc front end and an llvm backend that was on the road to the final clang->llvm compiler that MacOS uses now. On Sierra, you should be using the default compiler, which is the best to work with on OSx.

llvm-gcc42 builds c++ ports against the wrong standard c++ library for Sierra as well.

There are a few ports that need fortran, or haskell, or some other special compiler, but clang will handle 99% of ports.

So - conclusion - you should never need to use llvm-gcc42 on anything past 10.5, or perhaps in some situations with xcode on 10.6. -- Best, K

Last edited 7 years ago by kencu (Ken) (previous) (diff)

comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Priority: HighNormal

comment:5 Changed 7 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Keywords: LLVM-GCC42 removed
Port: llvm-gcc42 added; 2.4.0 removed
Type: requestenhancement

In the future, please fill in the Port field and Cc the port maintainers (port info --maintainers llvm-gcc42).

A "request" ticket type is only for requesting a new port.

comment:6 Changed 7 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Owner: set to jeremyhu
Status: newassigned

comment:7 Changed 7 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)

Resolution: wontfix
Status: assignedclosed

llvm-gcc42 is not supported on Sierra. Please use a modern compiler. llvm-gcc42 is about a decade old at this point...

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