[MacPorts] #40982: Is XCode really needed? Isn't XCode Command Line Tools sufficient?

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#40982: Is XCode really needed? Isn't XCode Command Line Tools sufficient?
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 Reporter:  Per.Mildner@…  |      Owner:  jmpp@…
     Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
Component:  website        |    Version:  2.2.1
 Keywords:                 |       Port:
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 The install documentation, http://www.macports.org/install.php, item 1
 says that XCode is needed. Item 2 says that the XCode Command Line tools
 are needed.

 Is it really true that XCode itself is needed if the Command Line Tools
 are installed?

 XCode itself is a huge install and, on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the command
 line tools are easy to install (e.g. xcode-select --install or via cc
 --version) without even registering at developer.apple.com. For this
 reason it would be a good thing to remove XCode from the prerequisites if
 it is not really needed.

 (Related: On OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the easiest way to install the command
 line tools is xcode-select --install, not by downloading them from
 developer.apple.com as the install guide suggests.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40982>
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