Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#53494 closed enhancement (wontfix)
llvm-gcc42
Reported by: | mkheirkhah (Morteza Kheirkhah) | Owned by: | jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia) |
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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 8 years ago by kencu (Ken)
comment:2 Changed 8 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 8 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
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
Priority: | High → Normal |
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comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
Keywords: | LLVM-GCC42 removed |
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Port: | llvm-gcc42 added; 2.4.0 removed |
Type: | request → enhancement |
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 8 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
Owner: | set to jeremyhu |
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Status: | new → assigned |
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
Resolution: | → wontfix |
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Status: | assigned → closed |
llvm-gcc42 is not supported on Sierra. Please use a modern compiler. llvm-gcc42 is about a decade old at this point...
I can't imagine why you would want this ancient compiler on Sierra. Any hints?