[MacPorts] #55705: adding new clang compilers:: why so painful?

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#55705: adding new clang compilers:: why so painful?
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  Reporter:  gaming-hacker  |      Owner:  jeremyhu
      Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  base           |    Version:  2.4.2
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
      Port:                 |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * cc: jeremyhu (removed)
 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:   => jeremyhu
 * port:  macports =>
 * keywords:  compiler, environment =>


Comment:

 What compilers base uses for ports by default is completely separate from
 what compilers individual ports such as ld64 might have variants for. Both
 need to be updated separately.

 Base uses compilers as specified in browser:macports-
 base/src/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl. Looks like it hasn't been updated to
 include clang-6.0 yet. And neither, as you've noticed, has ld64. I guess
 that's because clang-6.0's existence is very recent, having just been
 created twelve days ago.

 Neither of these are particularly painful to update, someone just has to
 do it.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/55705#comment:1>
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