[130887] trunk/dports/lang

[jeremyhu at macports.org]

Revision: 130887
          https://trac.macports.org/changeset/130887
Author:   jeremyhu at macports.org
Date:     2015-01-03 13:59:31 -0800 (Sat, 03 Jan 2015)
Log Message:
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libcxx*: Update description

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/dports/lang/libcxx/Portfile
    trunk/dports/lang/libcxxabi/Portfile

Modified: trunk/dports/lang/libcxx/Portfile
===================================================================
--- trunk/dports/lang/libcxx/Portfile	2015-01-03 18:44:45 UTC (rev 130886)
+++ trunk/dports/lang/libcxx/Portfile	2015-01-03 21:59:31 UTC (rev 130887)
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 platforms               darwin
 license                 MIT NCSA
 maintainers             jeremyhu openmaintainer
-description             libc++ is a new implementation of the C++ standard library, targeting C++11
-long_description        ${description}
+description             libc++ is a new implementation of the C++ standard library with support for C++11 and portions of C++14
+long_description        ${description} \
+                        Because objects cannot be passed between different versions of the C++ runtime, this port must        
+                        replace the host version in order to be used.  On Snow Leopard and earlier, this is done 
+                        automatically because there is no existing host version of this library.  On Lion and later,
+                        users must build the port with +replacemnt_libcxx and install the root manually if they wish
+                        to replace the existing host implementation.
 
 homepage                http://libcxx.llvm.org/
 

Modified: trunk/dports/lang/libcxxabi/Portfile
===================================================================
--- trunk/dports/lang/libcxxabi/Portfile	2015-01-03 18:44:45 UTC (rev 130886)
+++ trunk/dports/lang/libcxxabi/Portfile	2015-01-03 21:59:31 UTC (rev 130887)
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
 platforms               darwin
 license                 MIT NCSA
 maintainers             jeremyhu openmaintainer
-description             libc++abi is a new implementation of low level support for a standard C++ library.
+description             libc++abi is a new implementation of low level support for a C++ runtime.
 long_description        ${description} \
-                        It installs to /usr/lib for older systems that don't have this support natively.
+                        Because objects cannot be passed between different versions of the C++ runtime, this port must
+                        replace the host version in order to be used.  On Snow Leopard and earlier, this is done
+                        automatically because there is no existing host version of this library.  On Lion and later,
+                        users must build the port with +replacemnt_libcxx and install the root manually if they wish
+                        to replace the existing host implementation.
 
 homepage                http://libcxxabi.llvm.org/
 
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