Boehmgc version 7.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 7.1

      View the most recent changes for the boehmgc port at: boehmgc.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for boehmgc.
      The raw portfile for boehmgc 7.1 is located here:
      http://boehmgc.darwinports.com/dports/devel/boehmgc/Portfile
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      The boehmgc Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: boehmgc
      Version: 7.1
      Category: devel
      Maintainers: waqar
      Description: Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector
      Long Description: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It is also used by a number of programming language implementations that use C as intermediate code.
      set d_name gc
      Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/${d_name}/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: ${homepage}gc_source/
      distname ${d_name}-${version}
      Checksums: md5 2ff9924c7249ef7f736ecfe6f08f3f9b sha1 e84cba5d18f4ea5ed4e5fd3f1dc6a46bc190ff6f
      configure.args --with-threads=posix --enable-cplusplus

      Variant: redirect {
      configure.args-append --enable-redirect-malloc
      }

      platform darwin 9 {
      configure.cflags-append -D_NONSTD_SOURCE
      }

      platform darwin 10 {
      configure.cflags-append -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
      }

      test.run yes
      test.target check

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${master_sites}?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex ${d_name}-(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)


    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/boehmgc
      % sudo port install boehmgc
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching boehmgc
      ---> Verifying checksum for boehmgc
      ---> Extracting boehmgc
      ---> Configuring boehmgc
      ---> Building boehmgc with target all
      ---> Staging boehmgc into destroot
      ---> Installing boehmgc
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using boehmgc with these commands:
      %  man boehmgc
      % apropos boehmgc
      % which boehmgc
      % locate boehmgc

     Where to find more information:

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