https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123976
--- Comment #240 from Iain Sandoe <iains at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Peter Dyballa from comment #238) > (In reply to Sergey Fedorov from comment #203) > > (In reply to Peter Dyballa from comment #197) > > > It is 10.5 from looking at the archive's name, or > > > "powerpc-apple-darwin9-gcc > > > (GCC) 10.5.0" from identifying itself. Sergey show know exactly what it > > > is. > > > > It is getting a bit hard to follow, and I do not know what exactly you are > > trying to do at the moment. Allow me to summarize what I suggested: > > > > 1. To build gcc11 or later, you need to use C++11-supporting compiler, this > > implies Xcode gcc does not suffice. gcc10 is the last gcc version that > > builds with Xcode gcc, for which reason it was chosen as an in-between step > > in MacPorts (gcc10-bootstrap port). > > Good decision! I now understand that it's easy to use in particular > situations. My wish is to add a bug free version of ld to it. > > (xz-bootstrap looks a bit useless since in my experience a modern GNU Tar is > needed as well. And also GIT, CMake is already supported.) > > I am not that much interested in getting pre-built software. My PowerBook is > not used productively since 1½ decades, therefore it's OK when it cannot be > used. What I am doing with it is helping to make working software. Which is > compiling and complaining. > > > Maybe it's worth to record in MacPorts' bootstrap ports very exact version > numbers. Colleagues within the GCC community are starting to comment on how long this BZ thread is - likely an all-time record. Please can we take unrelated discussion to a different forum - I'm happy to put discussion of gcc-10.5 + a more modern ld64 into a thread my GH discussions ... ... macports-related discussions belong on that site.
