Xcode major version upgrades, migration?

Bradley Giesbrecht pixilla at macports.org
Thu Sep 17 12:32:18 PDT 2015


Thank you Brandon.

Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)


> On Sep 17, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla at macports.org <mailto:pixilla at macports.org>> wrote:
> The migration guide [1] says the migration is not if you are only upgrading Xcode. Does this hold for Xcode major version upgrades?
> 
> Yes; while it may provide new compilers, the runtime part of libraries such as libSystem, libc++, etc. come with the OS and are upgraded with the OS --- and it is these whose compatibility issues require the Migration steps. (Otherwise, an Xcode upgrade would need to include an OS upgrade, and would cause Apple many support headaches.)
> 
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