[MacPorts] #58779: base: ports cannot use SDK inside of Developer dir unless using Xcode build type

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#58779: base: ports cannot use SDK inside of Developer dir unless using Xcode build
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  Reporter:  Ionic   |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  base    |    Version:  2.5.99
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tracemode
      Port:          |
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Old description:

> Currently, base only allows allows to the SDK directory of ports use the
> Xcode build type or explicitly state that they use Xcode or the SDK
> directory lies outside of the Developer directory.
>
> This behavior, though, is too restrictive.
>
> One example of this failing badly is py35-pyqt5:
>
> {{{
> :info:configure Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt
> installation. Try again using
> :info:configure the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.
> :info:configure Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
> :info:configure Determining the details of your Qt installation...
> :info:configure /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake -o cfgtest_QtCore.mk
> cfgtest_QtCore.pro
> :info:configure Project ERROR: Could not resolve SDK Path for
> 'macosx10.9'
> }}}
>
> That's likely not isolated to this port, but any port using the
> qmake5-1.0 PG or actually even qmake(5) directly.
>

> Base should allow access to the SDK dir if `configure.sdk_version` is
> set, regardless of whether `configure.sdkroot` is the default/set to an
> empty value (and hence relative to the Developer dir) or not.

New description:

 Currently, base only allows access to the SDK directory to ports that use
 the Xcode build type or explicitly state that they use Xcode or the SDK
 directory lies outside of the Developer directory.

 This behavior, though, is too restrictive.

 One example of this failing badly is py35-pyqt5:

 {{{
 :info:configure Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt
 installation. Try again using
 :info:configure the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.
 :info:configure Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
 :info:configure Determining the details of your Qt installation...
 :info:configure /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake -o cfgtest_QtCore.mk
 cfgtest_QtCore.pro
 :info:configure Project ERROR: Could not resolve SDK Path for 'macosx10.9'
 }}}

 That's likely not isolated to this port, but any port using the qmake5-1.0
 PG or actually even qmake(5) directly.


 Base should allow access to the SDK dir if `configure.sdk_version` is set,
 regardless of whether `configure.sdkroot` is the default/set to an empty
 value (and hence relative to the Developer dir) or not.

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Comment (by Ionic):

 Fix grammar in original issue report.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/58779#comment:20>
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