Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] fix Mac OS X build

[Jim Ursetto]

On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Felix Winkelmann <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: ".alyn.post." <address@hidden>
>> I agree with Jim here.  I don't use Xcode, but need gcc/clang for brew,
>> chicken, &c.  I benefit from this project:
>> http://kennethreitz.org/xcode-gcc-and-homebrew/, which provides gcc
>> and associated darwin libraries on the command-line.  My gcc is in
>> /usr/bin, which got that way installing brew, for which I assume I
>> did something similar to/identical to the instructions upthread.
>> 
>> So I have a proper compiler in /usr/bin, and I'd like chicken to
>> continue to use it.
> 
> You are free to do so, by overriding the appropriate build-variables. Yet, why
> shouldn't the default build play it safe?

Well, no one else appears to be having any issues right now, so I would argue 
using /usr/bin/gcc is playing it safe.  I would also argue that hardcoding 
paths into the XCode directories is a fringe use case.  So, please explain 
exactly what problem you are having, along with your OS version and XCode 
version.

Jim