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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build
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Felix Winkelmann |
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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build |
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Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:32:08 +0100 (CET) |
From: Jim Ursetto <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:14:16 -0600
> On Jan 28, 2014, at 3:56 PM, Felix Winkelmann <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I don't see why not. chicken should be using /usr/bin as its binary
>>> directory, and so when xcode-select changes the install location, it will
>>> still work. (I think the shims just look up the actual XCode location and
>>> then exec() it -- they're not symlinks nor are they physically updated in
>>> place, AFAIK.) Am I missing something?
>>
>> If I compile the base chicken system using toolchain/xcode-version A
>> with the c-compiler in some default location, xcode-select to another
>> toolchain/xcode-version and then install an egg using the base chicken
>> system, that calls whatever c-compiler is currently in /usr/bin, then
>> we surely might get into trouble regarding binary-compatibility or
>> c-compiler version differences, ABIs, or whatnot, right?
>
> I guess so, but I don't see how it's any different than upgrading XCode in
> place, or even upgrading the gcc binary on any old system.
That is a deliberate decision by the user, with all that implies.
> I don't think you should habitually be running xcode-select to switch
> toolchains, anyway.
Neither do I, but how to prevent it?
> I still don't see the problem with just using /usr/bin/gcc like every other
> UNIX program on the Mac, unless you've actually had a problem with this,
> which is possible as you've done a lot of work on iOS lately.
No, because I don't use xcode-select.
felix
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, (continued)
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Jim Ursetto, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, richo, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Jim Ursetto, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, richo, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Felix Winkelmann, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Jim Ursetto, 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, .alyn.post., 2014/01/28
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Felix Winkelmann, 2014/01/29
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Jim Ursetto, 2014/01/29
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build, Felix Winkelmann, 2014/01/29
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build,
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