#52705: libpng: configure fails with "C compiler cannot create executables" -------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: DGDanforth | Owner: ryandesign Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: libpng | -------------------------+------------------------ Comment (by ryandesign): Yes, drastic, because 1. it is unrelated to the problem the user was experiencing, which was caused by not having the correct version of the command line tools installed; we should not introduce irrelevant information; 2. the user must uninstall and reinstall all ports; 3. the user must forever build all ports from source, until we make some changes to base to allow us to distribute these binaries, and then set up the buildbot to do that; 4. although it may solve some problems, it will most likely eventually cause the user to encounter some build error that is unique to that configuration, which most developers do not test, and will thus take additional time for the developer to solve. I don't disagree that more and more software requires C++11, but I feel that before we wholesale recommend users use LibcxxOnOlderSystems, we need to improve the user experience of doing so. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52705#comment:9> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X