I truly appreciate everyone who maintains things for MP - couldn’t live without this stuff. My initial query was just trying to understand whether ‘port diagnose’ was telling me something I should be concerned about. I think the answer was ‘no’.
Jim 3222 NE 89th St Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 430-0109 > On Mar 11, 2022, at 2:21 PM, Dave Horsfall <d...@horsfall.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2022, Chris Jones wrote: > >> MacPorts is not (just) 'a simple package manager'. Yes, it performs this >> function, but first and foremost (and long before we even had binary >> tarballs to distribute as a 'package mnager') it is a system for >> building packages and their dependencies. To build something you require >> a compiler. Many ports will build fine with just the Apple CLT package, >> but some indeed require the full Xcode installation in order to be built >> (and Xcode also is not just an IDE, but is also a command line build >> system). > > I couldn't have put it better myself; the fact that some packages > (contributed to MacPorts) require Xcode is hardly MacPorts' fault. > > I dips me lid to the MP maintainers for what is obviously a thankless job. > > -- Dave