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-rw-r--r--var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
index bce6cc2475..caf11b1fc7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
@@ -114,4 +114,16 @@ class Vtk(CMakePackage):
'-DNETCDF_CXX_LIBRARY={0}'.format(netcdf_cxx_lib),
])
+ # Garbage collection is unsupported in Xcode starting with
+ # version 5.1; if the Apple clang version of the compiler
+ # is 5.1.0 or later, unset the required Objective-C flags
+ # to remove the garbage collection flags. Versions of VTK
+ # after 6.1.0 set VTK_REQUIRED_OBJCXX_FLAGS to the empty
+ # string. This fix was recommended on the VTK mailing list
+ # in March 2014 (see
+ # https://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2014-March/083368.html)
+ if (self.compiler.is_apple and
+ self.compiler.version >= Version('5.1.0')):
+ cmake_args.extend(['-DVTK_REQUIRED_OBJCXX_FLAGS=""'])
+
return cmake_args