Re: [Bug-apl] Building on OS X 10.8.5 Mountain L ion - partly resolved….

[Peter Teeson]

On 2014-03-11, at 4:30 PM, Peter Teeson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Mac Pro Desktop dual quad core CPU's, Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5
> 
> I DL'd the 2014-01-13 APL 1.2 tar.gz and did ./configure.
> Blew up because of
> configure:2767: checking for gcc
> configure:2797: result: no
> configure:2860: checking for cc
> configure:2907: result: no
> configure:2963: checking for cl.exe
> configure:2993: result: no
> configure:3017: error: in `/Users/pteeson/Desktop/APL/apl-1.2':
> configure:3020: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> Apple's Xcode uses llvm-gcc4. I'm not deeply familiar with the whole GNU make 
> system.
> Do I need to set an environment var for gcc and cc?
> Where is the proper place to do this? In configure.ac? AC_PROG_CXX AC_PROG_CC
> Or some other way?
> 
> Sorry to be so ignorant of naked unix but it's never been necessary for me to 
> dig that deep.
> 
> Thanks and respect….
> 
> Peter Teeson (formerly a 14 year member of the IPSA zoo a.k.a. dev group)

I booted into Lion OS X 10.7.6 and everything built and installed without a 
hitch.
Back in Mountain Lion I searched for llvm-gcc4 and it looks like it was not 
installed by default from the Xcode package.
Further digging uncovered this note in the "What's New in Xcode" document.
"NOTE: LLVM_GCC is not included in Xcode 5"

So that's where things stand right now. It seems to me there are a number of 
options for 10.8 Mountain Lion and forward:
(0) Install GCC4 
(1) Try to build using llvm-clang
(2) Boot into 10.7 Lion to use APL

Personally I don't mind trying to do what it takes to try (1). I have the time 
( I'm in my mid 70s) and some experience.
But I'd need some guidance and help with the whole automake and friends to be 
of any use.

Seeking your advice ….

respect….

Peter