In https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross/issues/50 it is suggested that to
link against the 10.4 SDK with PPC you need to use Tiger's linker. Well down
the page.
I haven't tried that myself as yet.
There's lots of further good PPC lore there too....
K
> On Apr 19, 2018, at 23:17, Riccardo via macports-users
> <macports-users@lists.macports.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When using gcc48 from macports on 10.5 Leopart PPC (trying to reporduce exact
> TenFourFox build environment needed) it will fail this way during configure:
>
> Ever seen something like this? I *think* gcc was installed from binary, I
> don't remember if you provide them, I just left ports running overnight to
> get all the stuff.
>
> Riccardo
>
>
> checking for -allow_heap_execute option to ld... no
> checking whether the C++ compiler (/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.8
> -flax-vector-conversions -fpermissive -O3 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450
> -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16
> -read_only_relocs suppress -mdynamic-no-pic -isysroot
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-exceptions -fno-strict-aliasing
> -fno-rtti ) actually is a C++ compiler... no
> configure: error: /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.8 -flax-vector-conversions
> -fpermissive -O3 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16
> -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -read_only_relocs suppress
> -mdynamic-no-pic -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-exceptions
> -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-rtti failed to compile and link a simple C++
> source.
> ------ config.log ------
> return 0;
> ; return 0; }
> configure:9529: checking for -allow_heap_execute option to ld
> configure:9540: /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-4.8 -flax-vector-conversions -O3
> -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16
> -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -read_only_relocs suppress
> -mdynamic-no-pic -o conftest -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> -std=gnu99 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -Wl,-allow_heap_execute
> conftest.c 1>&5
> ld: -allow_heap_execute option can only be used when linking for i386
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 9533 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
>
> int main() {
> return 0;
> ; return 0; }
> configure:10503: checking whether the C++ compiler (/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.8
> -flax-vector-conversions -fpermissive -O3 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450
> -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16
> -read_only_relocs suppress -mdynamic-no-pic -isysroot
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-exceptions -fno-strict-aliasing
> -fno-rtti ) actually is a C++ compiler
> configure:10522: /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.8 -flax-vector-conversions
> -fpermissive -O3 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16
> -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -read_only_relocs suppress
> -mdynamic-no-pic -o conftest -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> -fno-exceptions -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-rtti conftest.C 1>&5
> ld: in /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/crt1.o, in section
> __TEXT,__text reloc 1: sectionForNum(4) section number not for any section
> for architecture ppc7450
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 10515 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> #include <new>
> int main() {
> int *foo = new int;
> ; return 0; }
> configure: error: /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.8 -flax-vector-conversions
> -fpermissive -O3 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16
> -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -read_only_relocs suppress
> -mdynamic-no-pic -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-exceptions
> -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-rtti failed to compile and link a simple C++
> source.
> *** Fix above errors and then restart with\
> "gmake -f client.mk build"
> gmake[2]: *** [/Users/multix/Documents/code/tenfourfox/client.mk:361:
> configure] Error 1
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/Users/multix/Documents/code/tenfourfox'
>
>
