Yes, the linker in CLT 15.0 is also affected. I believe it is exactly the same linker as the one in Xcode 15.0.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 9:46 AM Jim Secan <james.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >
