Hm. As far as I knew, the "components" that Xcode updates at first launch are only related to on-device iOS/iPadOS/watchOS/tvOS development.
> On Nov 15, 2020, at 20:39, John Chivian <jchiv...@chivian.com> wrote: > > @Ryan - When I start Xcode after updating it tells me it is installing needed > components, and command line tools *is* one of the components updated. It > tells me that explicitly during the install. Again, the "xcode-select > install" is not something I've done manually either of the last two times > I've updated MacPorts. For me, that step was not required when I did the > MacPorts update after the Catalina install, or just now after the Big Sur > install. MacPorts continues to function as expected retrieving and building > packages as needed. I don't mean to argue, I am just relaying what I've > personally experienced. Perhaps the action is remembered somewhere in Xcode? > > On 11/15/20 17:28, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >> On Nov 15, 2020, at 16:53, John Chivian wrote: >> >>> For me, every time Xcode is updated, the first time I start it following >>> its update I am prompted to update components, >> Yes. >> >>> and the current version command line tools are installed. >> No. "Components" are not "command line tools". You must also update the >> command line tools separately. >> >>> Perhaps the manual xcode-select is required if you don't actually start >>> Xcode the application following its update. >>> >>> My experience with MacPorts and Big Sur (as before with Catalina) was to >>> simply follow the MacPorts update instructions, after updating and starting >>> Xcode as described above, but without that manual xcode-select step. >> You *MUST* update the Xcode command line tools separately in addition to >> updating Xcode. >> >
