[Nix-dev] Re: Updating stdenv on Darwin

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Shea,

shea at shealevy.com skribis:

> I'm working on modifying the darwin stdenv in such a way that it
> ultimately won't depend on any xcode tools. Can I use the darwin-updates
> branch for this?

Sure (I will no longer use it myself.)

> Also, do you know the rationale for using the Apple gcc fork instead of
> vanilla GNU gcc on darwin?

I believe GCC (the real one) would not actually work on Darwin, but I
can’t tell for sure.  I’ve been trying to get 4.6 compiled there, but I
see there’s still something wrong with libelf builds.

Anyway, I wholly support this endeavor.  Assuming GCC becomes available
on Darwin, I think it still makes sense to have Apple’s GCC around for
those doing portability testing on Hydra (Apple’s fork has a wealth of
unique bugs, spiced up with subtle incompatibilities, which makes it an
interesting test platform.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.