MacPorts 2.9.0 & Xcode 15 on Ventura

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 26, 2024, at 23:29, Sriranga Veeraraghavan wrote:
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> My primary Mac is currently running Venture (13.6.3) but I have held off on upgrading to Xcode 15 because I recall reading that there were some issues with MacPorts and the linker on Xcode 15.  
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> With the release of MacPorts 2.9.0, does anyone know if these issues have been fixed which would make the upgrade to Xcode 15 safe?  I didn’t see anything specific in the release notes about this, which is why I’m asking.

Xcode 15 caused several problems which affect many ports. Fixes have to be made to individual ports; MacPorts base has nothing to do with it. It could take years to fix all the ports.