A related question - I install and use only the CLI toolkit for Xcode, not the entire Xcode package. Does this linker problem also effect use of the CLI toolkit, or can I safely upgrade to just the toolkit (I’m still on Ventura).
Jim Seattle, WA > On 10/07/2023, at 8:03 AM, Chris Jones <jon...@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On 7 Oct 2023, at 3:40 pm, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> OnFri, 6 Oct 2023 19:10:39 -0500,Kevin Horton <kevi...@kilohotel.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm pondering whether I should upgrade to macOS Sonoma now, or continue to >>> wait. Generally speaking, how well is Macports working on Sonoma? I have >>> seen a surprising small number of issues posted on this list, and am >>> wondering whether that is a good reflection of the status. >> >> >> It depends on which ports you require. Most of those I had under Ventura I >> could finally get installed under Sonoma. >> >> But a number of ports will not as yet re-install under Sonoma owing to a >> change in C compiler flags in Xcode 15 (and Sonoma seems not to allow using >> an earlier version of Xcode). > > > Not wishing to be pedantic, but the issue is not relating to the compiler, > but instead the linker. Xcode 15 switched to a new implementation which has > issues in some scenarios, for instance whenever asked to link against object > files or dylibs created with GCC. A common reason for this is ports that need > to use GCC to build fortran source code. OpenBLAS is a specific example that > a number of ports use and thus are having issues linking against. > > Workarounds exist, basically by using specific linker options to go back to > using the so called ‘classic’ linker. The problem is not all builds are easy > to convince to use these flags. > > Cheers Chris > >> >> Among those troublesome ports is sbcl, and unfortunately the maxima port >> depends on sbcl. >> >> --- >> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >> Mobile (413)-427-5334 >> 503 King Farm Blvd #101 >> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 >> >>
