On Sep 26, 2019, at 18:12, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
>> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commit/2e46a05404462e04930b612ed29d9f08ece64603
>>
>> I have no way though to test the logic on an OS as ancient as 10.5....
>
> I patched the file locally in my macports.... then rerun build of harfbuzz
> and the dependency issue is gone.
>
> harfbuzz tries to use gcc 6 and a lot of errors ! I forced clang 5.0 .... and
> smooth harfbuzz upgraded!
Could you file a bug report about the failures you got using gcc 6, if one
doesn't already exist?
> I suppose this is an important fix for 10.5 user, we soon need a 2.6.1
The list of compiler dependencies is kept in 2 places: in the ports tree, and
also in MacPorts base. Chris updated both to fix this issue. The list in
MacPorts base only comes into effect if the user doesn't have a ports tree yet,
so yes, this change will make it into 2.6.1, but no, there's no urgent need to
release 2.6.1 just for this.
