On 6/28/13 10:26 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> The text isn't quite applicable as I said, and should probably be
> changed in the next release.
>
> The issue you've experienced is is something _entirely_ different from
> an absolute path. The test is whether /usr/bin/gcc is a symlink rather
> than a real file, period, without respect to version. I don't recall
> the reason offhand, but it was possibly an issue with an upgrade path
> prior to 10.4, or maybe just to safeguard against third-party compiler
> installs. It's in the history somewhere.
>
> In Every version of Xcode or the command-line tools that I've installed
> in the past decade, /usr/bin/gcc has been a symlink to some real
> compiler, and it was that way in April, when I installed my current
> command-line tools. And I've boostrapped fink-0.34.8 or later
> development versions multiple times since. That being said, it's
> totally possible that something could have changed on Apple's end.
>
> As a workaround, try changing the following in perlmod/Services.pm
>
> sub gcc_selected {
> # this should work anywhere we support, really
> if (-l '/usr/bin/gcc') {
> my $link = readlink('/usr/bin/gcc');
> if ($link =~ /gcc-(\d+\.\d+)/) {
> return $1;
> } else {
> print STDERR "WARNING: /usr/bin/gcc is not a symlink!";
> }
> }
> return 0;
> }
>
> to something like
>
> sub gcc_selected {
> # this should work anywhere we support, really
> if (-l '/usr/bin/gcc') {
> my $link = readlink('/usr/bin/gcc');
> if ($link =~ /gcc-(\d+\.\d+)/) {
> return $1;
> } else {
> print STDERR "WARNING: /usr/bin/gcc is not a symlink!";
> }
> }
> return 4.2;
> }
>
Oops, forgot to say that you should make this change under the directory
you're bootstrapping from.
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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