How do I upgrade gcc/g++ on a Mac

[Andreas Tobler]

Gordon Prieur wrote:
>    We have 2 different Macs, both running 10.4 OS but different builds 
> of the
> same versions of gcc/g++/gdb. With the older set of tools we see gdb 
> failures
> debugging some C++ applications (faulty line table information). Debugging
> the same program on with the later builds, works fine. We've tried the 
> automatic
> update service on the Mac but it doesn't update either g++ or gdb.
> 
>    Is there a way to get the latest gcc/g++/gdb on a Mac? We're not 
> interested
> in hearing that we should upgrade to Leopard (we plan to:-) because we're
> more interested in what we can tell our customers than how anything 
> else. We
> provide a gdb-based C/C++ debugger in NetBeans 6.0 and this Mac bug makes
> our debugger fail. If we could tell customers how to upgrade their 
> compilers
> then that would resolve the issue.

This is kind of off-topic on this list, but anyway. I'd update Xcode, 
which provides the tools you're mentioning. You'll get it from Apple. 
http://developer.apple.com/tools/download/
Maybe you have to register, don't know.
Actual release for 10.4.10 is 2.4.1.

Andreas