[tor-bugs] #21753 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Get rid of old GCC toolchain in pluggable transports macOS descriptor

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#21753: Get rid of old GCC toolchain in pluggable transports macOS descriptor
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam21703R,                |  Actual Points:
  GeorgKoppen201703, tbb-gitian                  |
Parent ID:  #21328                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:4 dcf]:
 > However, `make prep` is failing for me on the `bug_21753_v3` branch:
 > {{{
 > --2017-03-19 12:37:08--
 https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/candidates/45.2.0esr-
 candidates/build2/linux-i686/xpi/ar.xpi
 > Resolving ftp.mozilla.org (ftp.mozilla.org)... 54.230.140.70
 > Connecting to ftp.mozilla.org (ftp.mozilla.org)|54.230.140.70|:443...
 connected.
 > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
 > 2017-03-19 12:37:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.
 >
 > Makefile:93: recipe for target 'prep' failed
 > make: *** [prep] Error 8
 > }}}

 Yeah, the stable target does seldom work on `master`, we have usually the
 `maint-` branches for that. Doing nightly builds is busted right now due
 to #21748 and PTs aren't working in nightly builds either (#21757). Thus,
 your best bet is probably using `make prep-alpha` and doing an alpha build
 and test that one.

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