Re: gcc-4.6 and "-arch x86-64"

[Alexander Hansen]

On 12/16/11 3:37 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> 
>> On 12/16/11 1:42 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>>> I tried building Octave using gcc 4.6. Linking liboctinterp
>>> ended with ...
>>> 
>>> g++-mp-4.6: error: x86_64: No such file or directory
>>> g++-mp-4.6: error: unrecognized option '-arch' make[3]: ***
>>> [liboctinterp.la] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]:
>>> *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2
>>> 
>>> Is anyone using gcc-4.6 to build octave? Did anyone encounter
>>> this error ?
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> (Assuming you're on OS X)
>> 
>> The gcc-4.6 we use in Fink doesn't accept the -arch option, so
>> "-arch x86_64" isn't valid.  That could well be the case for the
>> one that you're using.
>> 
> 
> I'm currently using MacPorts, but it looks like the same problem.
> 
> Should  "-arch x86-64" just be removed or should it be replaced by
> another option?
> 
> Ben
> 
> 

I'd say remove it.