On 24 Mar 2017, at 22:24, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Should I expect to encounter problems when switching to building from source 
>> with libc++ for the same ports whose binaries work fine with libstdc++? 
> 
> Certainly; libc++ on 10.8 is a nonstandard configuration that most MacPorts 
> developers have never tested; as such, you're bound to run into 
> as-yet-undiscovered problems that will need to be diagnosed and fixed by 
> someone.
> 
> In addition, you can run into the conflicts anyone could run into when 
> building from source that can arise when building software on non-pristine 
> systems. (Our binaries are produced on our buildbot system which is 
> "pristine" because it has no third-party software installed and no MacPorts 
> ports active when each port is built, ensuring there can be no conflicts.)

Does the buildbot system have a machine with ≤10.8.5 building from source using 
libc++ as PoC of https://trac.macports.org/wiki/LibcxxOnOlderSystems ?

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