MacPorts 2.0.4 and recommendation for Lion Xcode version

Harald Hanche-Olsen hanche at math.ntnu.no
Sat Mar 17 03:59:32 PDT 2012


[Tabitha McNerney <tabithamc at gmail.com> (2012-03-17 09:56:56 UTC)]

> I've downloaded MacPorts 2.0.4 but I'm
> wondering if I should install it using a slightly older version of Xcode
> for Lion (like 4.2.1) or if its generally ok and recommended to use
> MacPorts 2.0.4 with Xcode 4.3.1 (which is the current version offered in
> the App Store)?

FWIW, I am running MacPorts 2.0.4 with Xcode 4.3 with no ill effects.
(I haven't got around to upgrading to Xcode 4.3.1 yet.)

> I ask because I seem to recall not too long ago there were
> some problems with getting MacPorts to work well with Xcode 4.3.x.

There were, but I believe fixing that was the point of the 2.0.4
version.

- Harald (not an expert; just a satisfied user)


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