Trying to execute LibcxxOnOlderSytems (2nd ed.)

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Mar 14, 2016, at 7:55 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:14 PM, [ftp83plus] <gestos at ftp83plus.net> wrote:
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>> Right, I had to reformat  because the Mac wouldn't boot anymore. 
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>> This is actually a failure on step 1, the
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>> sudo port install -v -f libcxx
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> You mean step 2 of bootstrapping 2? Which says to run:
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> sudo port -v -s install libcxx

Jeremy has confirmed building from source is not needed at this step, since you should still be at the default MacPorts configuration at this point, so if you just run

sudo port install libcxx

you should be able to get a binary from our server.


> You normally should not use "-f" to force an installation. And single-letter flags (like "-v" and "-s") must go immediately after the word "port", and before the next word, for them to have any effect.
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> Please confirm that at this point, you have not done any of the steps from bootstrapping 3, such as editing macports.conf...