MacPorts should require the latest Xcode

[Yves de Champlain]

Le 07-07-30 à 15:03, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :

> On Jul 30, 2007, at 13:41, Landon Fuller wrote:
>
>> On Jul 29, 2007, at 17:21, Blair Zajac wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Tentative -1, simply because Xcode is a massive download. Most  
>> things will build with an outdated version, I don't think it's  
>> particularly nice to force people to download a gigabyte update if  
>> they don't need and/or want to. Also, we shouldn't try to second  
>> guess people who do know what they're doing with an "unsupported"  
>> Xcode version.
>
> Fine, then print a big honkin' warning. If MacPorts ever encounters  
> an error during the configure or build phase of a port, have it  
> print something like this at the end:
>
>
> YOU ARE USING AN OUTDATED VERSION OF XCODE, AND THIS MAY HAVE  
> CAUSED THE PROBLEM YOU JUST ENCOUNTERED. Please go to http:// 
> developer.apple.com/ and download and install the latest version of  
> Xcode. Then clean this port and try installing or upgrading it again.

Good idea, as long as we are prepared to face

I DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED THE BLOODY THING BUT STILL GET THE SAME ERROR

:-)

yves