Re: gcc34 -- yikes!

Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:29:08 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Aug 15, 2006, at 02:41, Tabitha McNerney wrote:

> Has anyone tried to install gcc34 version 3.4.6 on either PPC or  
> Intel arch?
>
> I tried a port install of gcc34 on a single processor G4 and it  
> took hours
> and did not complete so I control-C'ed out of it and cleaned the  
> port rather
> than using it. On an Intel Mac Mini Duo Core, gcc34 actually failed  
> (I will
> reattempt the install with a -v to get more verbose output and file  
> a bug
> report).

There have been reports on this list before that gcc3 is in general  
not compatible with Intel Macs.

And on PPC Macs I'm unsure why anyone would want such a port, since  
you can just install gcc3 by using the Xcode installer.