[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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