[MacPorts] #56018: Backport bugfixes to release-2.4 for next release

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#56018: Backport bugfixes to release-2.4 for next release
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 Reporter:  neverpanic  |      Owner:  raimue
     Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:  MacPorts 2.4.3
Component:  base        |    Version:
 Keywords:              |       Port:
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 Ryan mentioned a number of changes that should be backported to
 release-2.4 for the next bugfix release.

 Reinplace quietly when clearing dependency_libs in .la files
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/49a0c6f5a6088b4f7ecd0137b18d10a56f30694d

 Fix case-only renames with no arguments
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/acc1e62d8560609652977e563734f805c41244cf

 Fix incorrect portindex usage message
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/1c7c8b21c42962e9761aeb97844aa91f320eee47

 Remove clang-3.8 from compiler fallback list on El Capitan and older
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/c4107fcd483646853321027af2e123aa0e70a1ce

 Fix error when sw_vers fails
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/adf078d0e0626b831463dea740bfe4f008142cda

 Fix typos in manpages
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/38fe236f3f830a79c39e50526a20a32b2345d6dc

 Update macOS version checks
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/3ba09e0620be7a8e77e1b84da03309b09d98e902

 Update Xcode version checks
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/5f6bd08834d4f6cab011e068f192b965993edc30

 Error when port opened with nonexistent subport
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/9c48520c7347a84af603ed35ed27a96a42d57838

 Fix leaving orphaned Portfiles in registry
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/6c8c70b370753b9015400b27afdcd303b7a0cb63

 Ignore case in livecheck regexps
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/0310feb5f4c3858e067e3500936f6fa099c78803

 Fix typo in warning message
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/677dda56cbf3fc310b96a2fc1b54ee7c85ce5375

 Add /dev/{u,}random to sandbox
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/c8c1565f42a60c2b9e85a204603a66052f444c43

 sandbox: Allow file-write-data for /var/db/mds
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/1f76522228abba0d8383071b059daff726a8c9f6

 Close the portfiles after reading
 https://github.com/macports/macports-
 base/commit/c2df3cc958635f7ac6d0983288723c6ea097b221


 Go through this list and backport all relevant changes. Do not forget to
 update the milestone field of any tickets associated with these changes to
 MacPorts 2.4.3.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56018>
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