On Thu, 7 Jun 2018, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
Speaking of Xcode, I keep being offered to upgrade it, but it will only
run on High Sierra.
I assume this upgrade offer is coming from the Mac App Store. I'm not
sure why it would offer you a version of Xcode that's not compatible
with your OS. It's supposed to know when something requires a newer OS,
and only display it as an "incompatible update" which cannot be
installed. That's what happens for me on Sierra.
Yep, the App Store, and no, I don't why either, but it does say
"incompatible update" now (it didn't used to).
The first time I tried that, I got a message about something being
incompatible with this box which I couldn't write down fast enough
before it reverted to Sierra. The next time I tried (paying more
attention this time), it bombed out because a critical file was
missing...
I can't really diagnose the problem based on that description. Upgrading
to High Sierra will not fix the gcc49 build failure, but if you'd like
to upgrade to High Sierra anyway and are having trouble, please let us
know your exact computer model, and the specific error messages you're
encountering.
Sanitised version attached; it's a bit out of date, but the hardware has
not changed.
I'll attempt another High Sierra upgrade later, when I have a few hours to
spare, and report back.
-- Dave
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Purchased around 13th March 2010.\
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Model MC207xx/A, 13\'94 screen, serial number 45008Q7xxxx, late 2009. The
firmware calls itself a MacBook 6,1 (note the ",").\
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4GB PC3-8500 1067MHz SO-DIMM DDR3 memory (dealer installed).\
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2.26GHz dual-core 64-bit CPU.\
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Nvidia GeForce 9400M 256MB.\
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250GB SATA disk, now external USB due to damaged m/board connector. Hitachi
5K500 B-250 2.5\'94 (9.5mm).\
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DVD burner HL-DT-DVDRW GS23N.\
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Battery 661-5391 (replaced).\
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Was 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, various upgrades through Mavericks and Yosemite, now
on Sierra 10.12.4 11/4/17 through to Sierra 10.12.6 plus sec. fixes (doesn't
seem to like High Sierra).\
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Was Xcode 5.1.1 plus command line tools, upgraded through to 8.3.1 12/4/17, now
on 8.3.2 26/4/17; now somewhere around 9.2 14/12/17.\
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Safari and Chrome not used; started with Firefox 33.0 instead, always upgraded
through to 52.0.2 ??/4/17, 52.0.2ESR on 28/4/17, 53.0.3 24/5/17; zillions since
since then, and now latest Quantum 59.0.2 28/3/18.\
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MacPorts 2.3.2, now 2.4.1 ??/4/17; 2.4.2 on 9/10/17.\
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Time Capsule 7.6.4, wireless on for testing remote access, Ethernet on.
Purchased 16th March 2010.\
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