Re: Building gm2, where to start?

[Ben Stuyts]

Thanks John, I will have a look at that Iain’s port!

Kind regards,
Ben

> On 20 Dec 2023, at 23:45, john o goyo <jog37@riddermarkfarm.ca> wrote:
> 
> Greetings, Ben.
> 
> To add to Gaius' answer...
> 
> On 2023-12-20 17:06, Gaius Mulley wrote (in part):
>> Ben Stuyts <ben@altus-escon.com> writes (in part):
>> 
>>> I’d like to build it on FreeBSD-amd64, FreeBSD-aarch64 and maybe MacOS
>>> Sonoma on an M2.
> 
> The current gcc-git does not support Apple silicon.  However Iain Sandoz is 
> porting gcc to Apple.  His repository may be fetched from 
> https://github.com/iains/gcc-darwin-arm64.git.  Required s/w was obtained 
> from Homebrew.  I use the following configuration script, which puts the 
> binaries in ~/gcc/arm -- you may wish to change this to another directory.
> 
> CC=/opt/homebrew/bin/gcc-13 \
> CXX=/opt/homebrew/bin/g++-13 \
> ../../src/gcc-darwin-arm64/configure \
> --prefix=$HOME/gcc/arm \
> --exec-prefix=$HOME/gcc/arm  \
> --enable-languages=c,c++,m2 \
> --with-sysroot=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX11.3.sdk \
> --with-mpc=/opt/homebrew \
> --with-gmp=/opt/homebrew \
> --with-mpfr=/opt/homebrew \
> --disable-bootstrap \
> --enable-threads=posix
> 
> Note that gdb has yet to be ported, though.
> 
> Sincerely,
> john
> 
>> Hi Ben,
>> 
>> welcome back!  gm2 is now in the gcc git, a minimal clone and build
>> could be (depending upon your system):
>> 
>> $ git clone git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git gcc-git
>> 
>> If you are behind a firewall that does not allow the git protocol
>> through, you can replace git:// with https://.
>> 
>> Building
>> ========
>> 
>> $ cd gcc-git
>> $ mkdir build
>> $ cd build
>> $ ../configure --enable-languages=m2 --prefix=$HOME/opt
>> $ make -j 30
>> $ make install
>> $ make check-m2 -j 30   # testsuite running is optional (dejagnu needs
>>                         # to be installed)
>> 
>> Running the compiler
>> ====================
>> 
>> $ export PATH=$HOME/opt/bin:$PATH
>> $ gm2 hello.mod
>> $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/opt/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> $ ./a.out
>> 
>> hope this helps,
>> 
>> regards,
>> Gaius
>> 
> 
>