[MacPorts] #29172: remove dependency on Xcode

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Fri May 6 01:38:55 PDT 2011


#29172: remove dependency on Xcode
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 Reporter:  joshmoz@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base               |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by joshmoz@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 tobias.netzel@…]:

 > Did you ever realize there is Gentoo Prefix?[[BR]]
 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-macos.xml
 [[BR]]
 > I didn't know of it's existence until a fews days ago but they seem to
 provide exactly what you're looking for. It needs Xcode only for
 bootstrapping. After that everything gets compiled by it's own
 toolchain.[[BR]]
 > Although I didn't test it they seem to provide clang 2.9 as well as
 llvm-gcc-4.2 ready to be built and used on Tiger, Leopard and Snow
 Leopard.

 That's really no better than MacPorts for what I want. I am only
 interested in getting a developer toolchain on my machine without having
 to have Xcode myself. I don't care how the toolchain itself is compiled.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29172#comment:7>
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