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xcode - Using Apple LLVM compiler 3.0 to compile for PowerPC CPUs

I'm working on someone else's application and so far he has built it in XCode 4. XCode 4 has eliminated support for PowerPC architectures, but we would still like to support PowerPCs for some of our users.

I have followed this tutorial on SO, informing me how to restore ppc compatibility to XCode 4, however, this is for the GCC (4.2) compiler which throws a lot of warnings and some errors when compiling the code. The code is optimized around Apple's LLVM 3.0.

My questions:

  • Is it possible to use Apple LLVM compiler 3.0 for Power PC deployment?
  • How would one go about doing this?
  • What settings variables do I need to set in order to get PPC compatibility when compiling?

Thank you!

Solution

  • Pretty much no, it's not possible. Apple LLVM 3.0 hasn't been tested or verified to work at all with PowerPC.