Sage will build its own gcc, so as long as you have some functioning version of gcc, you shouldn't need to worry about upgrading that. Just try installing a new version of Sage (from scratch, not by upgrading 6.7) and see what happens.
John On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 8:56:03 AM UTC-7, Arvind Ayyer wrote: > > Thanks a lot, Dima! I managed to downgrade to 6.7 successfully for now. > Once I upgrade my gcc, I'll go for the latest version. > > Regards, > Arvind > > On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:14:04 UTC+4, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 2:27:55 PM UTC+1, Arvind Ayyer wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dear developers, >>> >>> >>> I'm trying to upgrade from 6.7 to the current version using my git >>> account (userid: ayyer) using the guidelines from the TentativeConventions >>> file. >>> >>> >>> I have a 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch with OS X (version 10.8.5). The >>> processor is a 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5. I had managed to get Sage 6.7 >>> running with a lot of help from Karl-Dieter Crisman (installing Xcode, >>> figuring out various funny errors, etc!). >>> >>> >>> The error occurred while installing openblas-0.2.19.p0. As per the >>> instructions generating the error message, I'm emailing you the log file >>> and the crash report file. >>> >> >> You are using an old version of gcc; the current Sage's gcc is version >> 5.4. >> (that was the one in 6.7, I guess). >> >> It might be much better to build a new Sage version from source; >> upgrading from such an old version >> won't give you any time saving, as you'd have to rebuild basically all of >> Sage anyway. >> >> >>> >>> Please let my know if you need any more information from me. If this is >>> too much trouble, could you tell me if there is an easy way to get back to >>> version 6.7 instead? >>> >> if you are on the git tree, you might be able check out the right branch >> and rebuild. >> >> >>> >>> Thanks a lot for your time and help. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Arvind >>> >>> PS: arv...@iisc.ac.in is my new email address. Please update your >>> addressbook. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
