Re: help needed: “Error: clang-4.0 has been replaced by clang-8.0; please install that instead”

[Chris Jones]

> 
>     or, submit a ticket requesting the port adds macports-clang-3.9 and
>     macports-clang-4.0 to the compiler blacklist.
> 
> 
> Where can I submit it?

trac

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Tickets

> 
> 
>     Yes, the warning is mis-leading
> 
>     Error: clang-4.0 has been replaced by clang-8.0; please install that
>     instead.
> 
>     this does not actually mean clang-8.0 is not already installed.... What
>     it really should say is
> 
>     'please configure port <foo-bar> to use clang-8.0 instead'
> 
> 
> That would be less confusing indeed.
> Can that be made the message?

Not easily. The message is generated by the obsolete port group, which 
is used in a number of scenarios, for some of which the currently 
message does make sense.

Chris