Re: Moving to newer version of GCC
Re: Moving to newer version of GCC
- Subject: Re: Moving to newer version of GCC
- From: David Frantz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:59:09 -0400
You are right that Apple does not support newer versions of GCC. More specifically they don't like GPL3 from what I understand.
As to your question about XCode I can't honestly say as I've never tried alternative compilers with the IDE. However there is an easy way to install newer compilers and that is through MacPorts. I ended up really hating MacPorts so it was un-installed sometime ago. A second choice would be a project called HomeBrew which I've been considering. If all else fails you can go the DIY route with GCC.
Out of curiosity I have to ask: why the need for a newer GCC? In the end it really looks like Apple is going the CLang/LLVM route, so if you want to migrate to a newer compiler tech this would be the way to go. CLang is obviously a bit immature but it does surprisingly well considering it's relatively new status. Plus the entire suite has many eyes looking at it, thus a state of the art diagnostic capability.
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On May 29, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Brian Norh <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a piece of software that I'm building using Xcode 3.2.6 and GCC 4.2. I'm going to upgrade to Xcode 4 and at the same time I'm thinking about also moving to a newer compiler. As far as I know Apple doesn't ship a version of GCC newer than 4.2 so I guess my option would be to download and install it myself. I'm a bit shaky about using a non-Apple supplied compiler so therefore I'm asking if anyone have any comments on how to do that. I have found several resources about actually building it so that will probably go well. However, I'm a bit shaky on a few other things, mainly:
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> * Will I be able to ship binaries produced with the new compiler or will they depend on a newer runtime being present on the machine?
> * Can I use it together with Xcode?
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> Any suggestions and ideas are highly appreciated. I'm only targeting 10.6 and 64 bit Intel so PowerPC or ARM support is not necessary.
>
> Brian
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