http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45381
--- Comment #10 from Iain Sandoe <iains at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-02-08 16:44:15 UTC --- (In reply to comment #9) > I don't think we really want to pursue this further. > > I had hoped to find a solution that satisfied the older apple compiler -- it > is supposed to support altivec after all -- but it remains a mystery what is > broken with that compiler. OK, that's fair - so is the solution to apply (an updated) patch like comment #1 ? - or must earlier darwin systems do that locally? (I'm not clear whether the limitation of 4.0.5 applies generally or only to the Apple Local versions)