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documentation of the issues with MacOS 10.6
author Volker Grabsch <vog@notjusthosting.com>
date Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:43:17 +0200
parents 9a32996c1724
children ed41432e9e1e
files doc/index.html
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/index.html	Mon Sep 07 01:22:44 2009 +0200
+++ b/doc/index.html	Fri Sep 11 03:43:17 2009 +0200
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
     there are open issues with the NSIS package.
     </p>
 
-    <h3>MacOS X</h3>
+    <h3>MacOS X (≤ 10.5)</h3>
 
     <p>
     Install
@@ -541,6 +541,16 @@
     </p>
     <pre>sudo port install gmake gsed scons wget</pre>
 
+    <h3>MacOS 10.6</h3>
+
+    <p>
+    As of September 2009,
+    <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/mingw-cross-env-list/2009-09/msg00016.html">MacOS 10.6 fails to build a vanilla GCC</a>,
+    <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/mingw-cross-env-list/2009-09/msg00013.html">let alone a GCC cross compiler</a>.
+    As long as this serious defect persists in MacOS,
+    mingw-cross-env will be completely unable to work there.
+    </p>
+
     <h3>Solaris</h3>
 
     <p>