[MacPorts] #54358: texlive-bin @2017 won't build on Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8, because "A compiler with support for C++11 language features is required"

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Tue Jul 4 06:43:36 UTC 2017


#54358: texlive-bin @2017 won't build on Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8, because "A
compiler with support for C++11 language features is required"
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  Reporter:  ballapete   |      Owner:  drkp
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.4.1
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  mountain lion snowleopard leopard
      Port:  texlive-    |  tiger
  bin                    |
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Comment (by kencu):

 Apparently that is what Jeremy found. However, while admitting Jeremy
 knows all and I know very litte, might I make an argument:

 1. A 10.6 to 10.8 user is undoubtedly going to run across a port that
 needs the cxx11 PortGroup soon enough, so all the infrastructure for that
 is going to be installed sooner rather than later.
 2. Nobody wants 5 different 200MB compilers with 200MB llvm versions to
 support them.
 3. It takes time to sort out just which version of clang is "good enough"
 for the given port.
 4. The cxx11 1.1 PortGroup can also do other good stuff (like fix all PPC
 machines for example).

 So - if I run across this kind of issue, it is very tempting to just add
 in the cxx11 1.1 PortGroup as step 1 of the process, and if that fixes it
 (which it almost always will), and then you're done in 10 seconds + build
 time.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54358#comment:20>
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