From macports-users  Sat Sep 25 02:55:56 2021
From: Ian Wadham <iandw.au () gmail ! com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 02:55:56 +0000
To: macports-users
Subject: Re: What version of Xcode for High Sierra?
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This link has a comprehensive list of Xcode release and pre-release =
versions=E2=80=A6 https://xcodereleases.com/

They are tabulated with dependencies on OS=E2=80=99s and links to =
downloads and release notes.

> On 25 Sep 2021, at 11:59 am, Bill Cole =
<macportsusers-20171215@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
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> On 2021-09-24 at 19:18:56 UTC-0400 (Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:18:56 +1000 =
(EST))
> Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
> is rumored to have said:
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>> MacBook Pro, 13", mid-2010, 8GB memory (self-supplied, as the default =
4GB is simply not enough), firmware 7,1.
>>=20
>> Relevance to MacPorts: it needs Xcode...
>>=20
>> There seems to be many versions of Xcode for High Sierra (I don't =
want to upgrade further just yet) so which one is known to work for this =
thing so that I can start using MacPorts again??  I don't want to waste =
a few hours of download (including Command Line Tools) only to see =
"xcode-select" spit the dummy because it's the wrong version of the OS =
or something.
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> 10.1 or 9.4.1 should work. Supposedly one can install 10.2 by hacking =
some plist and it will work, but that would be silly if all you really =
need it for is MacPorts.

I would suggest 9.4.1 because it will require a few Gb less disk space.

Cheers,
Ian Wadham.

>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Bill Cole
> bill@scconsult.com or billcole@apache.org
> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
> Not Currently Available For Hire