[MacPorts] #50622: virtualbox: update to 5.0.14

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#50622: virtualbox: update to 5.0.14
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  Reporter:  1-61803     |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  update      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  virtualbox  |
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Comment (by ctreleaven):

 Replying to [comment:1 ryandesign]:
 > Patches are accepted. This port currently has no maintainer.


 I was curious whether the current version of VirtualBox was easier to
 build on OS X.  It is not:

 Per https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/15004 (Dec 2015)
 >You can't use Xcode versions newer than 4.1.x to build VirtualBox. This
 might change eventually, but it's not expected for the foreseeable future.
 >
 >There are instructions how to extract Xcode 4.1.x on newer OSX releases
 (the installer refuses to run), so I don't think this is a showstopper."

 The port has multiple, extensive patches that were required to build
 version 4.2.16.  Many hunks now fail to apply if attempting to build
 5.1.14.  It will be a non-trivial amount of work to update the patches and
 account for other changes in the build process.  All to build with a very
 old toolchain.  Too much work for me.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50622#comment:6>
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