I do have the full Xcode package installed (8.2.1) on the El Capitan system, although I have it as an alias in the Applications directory (on a smallish SSD) linking to the actual Xcode files on an internal HD because it requires a lot of disk real estate and I never use Xcode. Would that confuse port diagnose? (I just checked, and if I click on the Xcode alias it works just as one would expect, so the alias linkage is OK.)
Jim 3222 NE 89th St Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 430-0109 > On Mar 12, 2022, at 6:42 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2022, at 18:40, James Secan wrote: > >> In working my way through my recent “phantom ports” issue I ran the command >> “port diagnose” and was more than a bit surprised by the output line: >> >> Error: currently installed version of Xcode, none, is not supported by >> MacPorts. >> >> followed by a list of the version supported under my version of macOS (El >> Capitan, in this case). Where is port getting this information? I have >> Xcode 8.2.0 installed, and none of my attempts to install ports have run >> into any trouble related to Xcode not being installed. I ran "pkgutil -v >> --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables” which shows that I have 8.2.0 >> installed, and the appropriate MacOSX.sdk files are in >> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs. I also tried this on my test >> Catalina system, with the same result. >> >> Is something wrong with my ports setup? > > > Both com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables and > /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs are related to the Xcode command > line tools, which are separate from Xcode. So I guess you have the Xcode > command line tools installed but do not have Xcode installed. For many ports, > this is fine. For those where it is not, they should tell you to install > Xcode. >
