macports and Xcode

Darren Weber darren.weber.lists at gmail.com
Fri Oct 10 12:31:50 PDT 2008


As a guess, the macports installation process could include

a) tcl
b) a build system port (bootstrapped) to replace Xcode distributions

Darren

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Bryan Blackburn
<0x62_0x6c_0x62 at pobox.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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