MacPorts should require the latest Xcode

[Blair Zajac]

On Jul 29, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> Here's a message from the -users list just now:
>
> On Jul 28, 2007, at 18:39, Chris Waterson wrote:
>
>> Hey, I had the same problem.  It turns out I was using an older  
>> version of Xtools (specifically, version 2.3).  After upgrading to  
>> Xtools 2.4.1, things worked fine.  (The specific trouble, which  
>> you can see if you get rid of the "-j2" option in the makefile, is  
>> that they've changed some of the defines in the header files that  
>> the boehm-gc needs.)
>
> Problems caused by old Xcode versions are reported by users with  
> some regularity. I suppose we could add something to the FAQ, but  
> users don't always read the FAQ, and the first step of the first  
> section of the installation guide already reads: "Download and  
> install the latest version of Xcode Tools—do not install an older  
> version from the OS X 10.4 install disk or some ports may fail to  
> install."
>
> We should not allow users to run into this problem. Can we please  
> modify MacPorts base to issue a fatal error and refuse to do  
> anything unless the latest Xcode (2.4.1 on 10.4.x, 1.5.x on 10.3.x)  
> is installed? I think this would be a good idea. When new versions  
> of Xcode are released, we can update base as needed.

+1.

Blair