On 19 Sep 2017, at 23:06, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > On Sep 19, 2017, at 11:40, db wrote: >> On 19 Sep 2017, at 01:01, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> For certain subsets of ports, you can get by with installing just one or >>> the other. >> How can I know this beforehand? That's the reason I'm actually asking what >> exactly MP needs Xcode, CLT or both for. For example, if a port uses >> portgroup xcode, I may infer that it most certainly will need that >> application. > > I'm not aware of a way to know in advance.
I thought I could at least assume that any port whose interface is a command line and whose features allegedly don't use any particular Apple framework that I'm aware of, wouldn't need Xcode. Is it trial and error then?
