Build failure of gmp-6.2.0 on Mac Mini G4

[Justin Hibbits]

On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:27:46 -0700
Charlie Kester <corky1951 at comcast.net> wrote:

> (This is a copy of email sent to the port maintainer.  Re-sending to
> this list in case someone familiar with powerpc has already
> encountered and resolved this issue.)
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get FreeBSD running on an old Mac Mini and have hit a
> snag with this port, which is a dependency of many others.
> 
> The configure step fails with the following output (I don't have mail 
> running on the mini yet and am typing this on another machine,
> so please disregard any typos.  blank lines = line breaks in output):
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ===> gmp-6.2.0 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/makeinfo - found  
> 
> ===> Configuring for gmp-6.2.0  
> 
> checking build system type... invalid configuration 
> 'powerpc7447-unknown-freebsd12.1': machine 'powerpc7447-unknown' not 
> recognized
> 
> configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub
> powerpc7447-unknown-freebsd12.1 failed
> 
> etc.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> I tried
> # make configure CONFIGURE_ARGS=--build=powerpc7447
> and
> # make configure CONFIGURE_TARGET=powerpc7447
> 
> Neither worked.  Same failure.
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can resolve this issue?

Where do you get powerpc7447?  The arch is 'powerpc', and you shouldn't
need to set anything for the port. If you want to customize for your
specific CPU, add the following to /etc/make.conf:

CPUTYPE=7450



- Justin
> 
> -- charlie
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