On Oct 28, 2020, at 02:31, Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) wrote:
> I just upgraded my MacBook to Catalina 10.15.7 from 10.14.6 and I installed
> the latest Xcode 12.1. I started Xcode and agreed for it to install required
> components. When I tried to run “xcode-select –install” it asked me to agree
> to the license for the command-line tools and tried to install but then said
> “Can’t install the software because it is not currently available from the
> Software Update server.” I went to the Software Update control panel and it
> said that it had an update for my command-line tools, and I told it to go
> ahead and update them. After a while, it said that the command-line tools are
> no longer required or something like that.
>
> I decided to go ahead and try to install MacPorts with the Catalina MacPorts
> installer and it showed me the license, asked about the installation type and
> destination, but then when it got to the install step it says “Waiting for
> other installations to complete”. I don’t think I have any other
> installations still going on. Wait, after twenty minutes, it now says it is
> “running package scripts” and then finished. I guess it was installing
> something after all.
>
> Maybe the Xcode installation instructions need an update for Catalina?
>
As far as I know, the installation instructions are correct, and your
experience is unique and I cannot explain it.