macports and Xcode

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 02:16:08PM -0700, rhubbell said:
> Hello all,
> 
> Probably a ridiculous question. (never stopped me before)
> Is macports always and forever dependent upon Xcode?
> Can it be de-coupled?
> 

As long as MacPorts builds ports from source, then Xcode is an absolute
requirement (for gcc etc).  If the day comes that MacPorts distributes
binary packages, then Xcode may only be needed by some ports and not
MacPorts as a whole.

Bryan