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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: What version of Xcode for High Sierra?
From:       Ian Wadham <iandw.au () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-09-25 2:55:56
Message-ID: 8B16CF26-34A3-46CB-91F7-103D565DA98A () gmail ! com
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This link has a comprehensive list of Xcode release and pre-release versions… \
https://xcodereleases.com/

They are tabulated with dependencies on OS's and links to downloads and release \
notes.

> On 25 Sep 2021, at 11:59 am, Bill Cole \
> <macportsusers-20171215@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: 
> 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:
> 
> > MacBook Pro, 13", mid-2010, 8GB memory (self-supplied, as the default 4GB is \
> > simply not enough), firmware 7,1. 
> > Relevance to MacPorts: it needs Xcode...
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> 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.

> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Cole
> bill@scconsult.com or billcole@apache.org
> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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