MacPorts 2.9.0 beta 1

Changes since 2.8.1:

• Upgrade will now update registry metadata if needed for ports
  that are not outdated. This should hopefully cut down on revision
  increases requiring a rebuild just to do things like add or
  remove dependencies. (jmr in bec110b)

• Added new option startupitem.logfile.stderr.
  (#67955, mascguy in e70a512)

• Many single-letter command line options should now work when
  given after the action name, and apply only to that action. A few
  like -N can't easily be turned on and off internally, so if in
  doubt, keep putting single-letter options before the action.
  (jmr in aec0601)

• Ports that set platforms containing any are now not considered
  outdated after major OS updates. (#68256, jmr in 1b4db00)

• Dependencies installed for the first time when upgrading a port
  no longer inherit all variants from the dependent port. Arch
  checking is now done in this case so +universal is added to the
  dependency iff needed. (#67637, jmr in 7be167c)

• Prevented rev-upgrade from complaining about weakly-linked libs
  that are not present. (#52700, chrstphrchvz in 77e333a)

• Avoid installing build-time dependencies when force-upgrading an
  installed port for which a binary archive will be used.
  (#67017, jmr in a9597dc)

• Fixed error when running upgrade with -R and -u options.
  (#68019, jmr in 980a5c1)

• Fixed rev-upgrade potentially trying to access registry entries
  that have been uninstalled as a result of a rebuild.
  (#66186, jmr in 1abd73a)

• Fixed missing make command potentially causing some ports to fail
  to parse. (#60881, jmr in 1b4e6a1)

• Prevented destroot.keepdirs from creating files outside the
  destroot. (#55673, jmr in 8db11c8)

• Running port install on a port that is already installed will
  set the requested flag for that port. (#55085, jmr in 7ed853d)

• Fixed trace mode on Intel macOS 13. (#66358, cal in 4a1b0c7)

• Fixed incorrect trace mode handling of setuid/setgid binaries.
  (cal in 9cc9afc)

• Fixed the deactivate and uninstall actions sometimes not handling
  multiple ports in correct dependency order if one or more of them
  was specified with non-canonical case. (#60446, jmr in 772a9cc)

• Fixed port names that differ only in case not being considered
  to be the same when evaulating boolean expressions.
  (#50518, jmr in bd02a2f)

• Fixed some issues that could occur in the unusual case that a
  mirror has an archive but not its corresponding signature.
  (jmr in a774938, f7828b8)

• If the macports user has an incorrect home directory set somehow,
  the installer should now fix it. (#49101, jmr in 128e8ce)

• Skip vacuuming the registry database on shutdown (after
  uninstalling one or more ports) if it would not save significant
  space. (jmr in c82a269)

• Clean up the SQLite write-ahead log file when closing the
  registry. (jmr in 9bb06b9)

• Added a simple default test phase for all ports, which currently
  just checks the architectures of installed files. test.run yes
  enables the tests defined by the Portfile, as before. It should
  always be safe to run port test now, and if it fails it means
  a test didn't pass. (jmr in ddc2655)

• Using multiple threads for portindex. (jmr in f00bf80)

MacPorts 2.8.1

Changes since 2.8.0:

• Fixed port lint complaining about platforms any.
  (jmr in 84d8683)

• Specifiers like {darwin any >= 10} are now allowed in platforms.
  This means one archive will be shared by all darwin versions, but
  it only works on the specified versions.
  (jmr in 3d9856b)

• The -stdlib option is now passed to GCC when supported.
  (jonesc in ebd2261)

• Fixed the PortIndex not getting correct known_fail values based
  on the platforms option when using portindex -p.
  (#66301, jmr in a82021a)

• Updated the bundled Tcl to 8.6.13. (jmr in 9edb436)

• No longer automatically creating a symlink in $workpath when the
  expected worksrcdir doesn't exist, as this broke some ports.
  Either set worksrcdir correctly, or if it can't be determined in
  advance, set the new extract.rename option to yes.
  (jmr in ffdb7d9, 8ae0d73)

• Added --no-test option for port rdeps to exclude depends_test.
  (jmr in f1de2b6)

MacPorts 2.8.0

Changes since 2.7.2:

• Fixed an error that occurred in the very specific but apparently somewhat common circumstances where a port was installed from a binary archive but failed to activate (usually because of a conflict with an existing file), and then the port was uninstalled, and later installed again without cleaning it in between. (#55445, jmr in bdd0a13)

• Added startupitem.custom_file option, which can be used to specify the path to an existing .plist file that should be installed instead of generating one. (jmr in dadc533)

• The platforms option can now indicate which OS versions a port works on, and known_fail is automatically set on other versions. (#15712, jmr in 2866618)

• The user is now informed before installing if a port sets known_fail, with the option to try installing anyway if you really want to. (#60566, jmr in d863a7e, 3406c5d)

• Attempting to install a port with replaced_by set will now install the replacement instead. (jmr in 4da66a2)

• Fixed new dependencies installed when upgrading a requested port being incorrectly marked as requested. (#60648, jmr in 31e10a8)

• The SQLite included with Tcl is now used instead of the system version. (jmr in 11d2b06)

• MacPorts can now be built without a pre-existing tclsh. (#61253, jmr in 2eeba4d)

• Updated the bundled Tcl to 8.6.12, as well as tcllib 1.21 and tclx 8.4.4. (cal in 89abece, 24c34a9, d7cf914, d3d9e4b, etc.)

• Fixed the ln command erroring when told to link more than two files into a directory. (jmr in b75c464)

• The PortGroup command now prevents multiple inclusion of the same portgroup. (jmr in 4215012)

• Added xcodecltversion variable containing the installed version of the Command Line Tools for Xcode. (jmr in d05ebde)

• The vercmp command can now take a comparison operator. (jmr in 35daead)

• Fixed error when installing ports that change prefix without root privileges. (#65313, jmr in a594e01, fbfcb9f)

• Fixed possible directory ownership error when syncing with recent versions of git. (jmr in e0338e8)

• Improved the message printed by port diagnose when the Xcode version is newer than any we know about. (#63377, jmr in 733d6e7)

MacPorts 2.8.0-rc1

Changes since beta1:

• Fixed error when upgrading ports with no cxx_stdlib information in the registry.
• Ensured that SQLite write-ahead logging is enabled on all systems.

MacPorts 2.8.0 beta 1

Changes since 2.7.2:

• Fixed an error that occurred in the very specific but apparently
  somewhat common circumstances where a port was installed from a
  binary archive but failed to activate (usually because of a
  conflict with an existing file), and then the port was
  uninstalled, and later installed again without cleaning it in
  between. (#55445, jmr in bdd0a13)

• Added startupitem.custom_file option, which can be used to
  specify the path to an existing .plist file that should be
  installed instead of generating one. (jmr in dadc533)

• The platforms option can now indicate which OS versions a port
  works on, and known_fail is automatically set on other versions.
  (#15712, jmr in 2866618)

• The user is now informed before installing if a port sets
  known_fail, with the option to try installing anyway if you
  really want to. (#60566, jmr in d863a7e, 3406c5d)

• Attempting to install a port with replaced_by set will now
  install the replacement instead. (jmr in 4da66a2)

• Fixed new dependencies installed when upgrading a requested port
  being incorrectly marked as requested. (#60648, jmr in 31e10a8)

• The SQLite included with Tcl is now used instead of the system
  version. (jmr in 11d2b06)

• MacPorts can now be built without a pre-existing tclsh.
  (#61253, jmr in 2eeba4d)

• Updated the bundled Tcl to 8.6.12, as well as tcllib 1.21 and
  tclx 8.4.4. (cal in 89abece, 24c34a9, d7cf914, d3d9e4b, etc.)

• Fixed the ln command erroring when told to link more than two
  files into a directory. (jmr in b75c464)

• The PortGroup command now prevents multiple inclusion of the same
  portgroup. (jmr in 4215012)

• Added xcodecltversion variable containing the installed version
  of the Command Line Tools for Xcode. (jmr in d05ebde)

• The vercmp command can now take a comparison operator.
  (jmr in 35daead)

• Fixed error when installing ports that change prefix without root
  privileges. (#65313, jmr in a594e01, fbfcb9f)

• Fixed possible directory ownership error when syncing with recent
  versions of git. (jmr in e0338e8)

• Improved the message printed by port diagnose when the Xcode
  version is newer than any we know about. (#63377, jmr in 733d6e7)

MacPorts 2.7.2

Changes since 2.7.1:

• Fixed poor trace mode performance on newer OS versions. (cal in 3b949cc)

• Added escaping of shell-unsafe characters when compressing man pages in the destroot phase. (#64531, jmr in b6bac45)

• Fixed several cases of unrelated errorInfo being printed when something failed. (jmr in e5e7dff, b864109)

• Fixed handling of distname containing spaces. (#64419, jmr in 690fab1)

• Fixed use_xmkmf. (#64011, ryandesign in ce42354, c8ff808)

• Fixed fetch.type cvs. (#63931, ryandesign in c118fb2)

• Avoided error about specified version being unavailable when the version came from a pseudo-portname like outdated. (#63438, jmr in db498e0)

• Fixed failure in PortGroup command when the ports tree path contains spaces. (#63534, jmr in b83c743)

• Fixed incorrect compiler selection logic for certain GCC versions. (#63281, jmr in 087ce29)

• Added metadata so Installer won't erroneously claim that the MacPorts .pkg requires Rosetta 2 to install on Apple Silicon. (#63096, jmr in 09c4373)

MacPorts 2.7.1

Changes since 2.7.0:

• Fixed SQL error when MacPorts was built against the 10.15 SDK but
  run on 10.14. (#62929, jmr in 0249b3c)

• Fixed poor performance when installing ports containing tens of
  thousands of files. (#56793, jmr in fc212a0)

• Fixed a stack trace being printed after an error occurred if
  COLUMNS was not set in the environment. (#62935, jmr in 13eeabd)

MacPorts 2.7.0

Changes since 2.6.4:

• The platforms option now has a default value of darwin.
  (jmr in d918190)

• Fixed incorrect versioning assumptions that led to being unable
  to find the right SDK on Big Sur. (#61866, jmr in 8aa347e)

• Fixed installer incorrectly setting DISPLAY in the user's shell
  config on Big Sur. (#61649, jmr in 4ce1e96)

• Fixed crash in rev-upgrade when MacPorts was built against the
  macOS 11 SDK and run on 10.15. (#61540, jmr in 23f2aa3)

• Fixed minimum compiler version selected when C++14 and
  thread-local storage are required.
  (#61418, chrstphrchvz in 618d036)

• Enabled write-ahead logging when using SQLite 3.22.0 and later,
  and enabled the fullfsync pragma, which should make the database
  even more resilient against power failures and the like.
  (#61154, jmr in 5779dbc)

• Fixed svn fetch with newer Xcode versions that no longer provide
  svn (but do ship a /usr/bin/svn stub) by always using the
  subversion port. (#60854, jmr in 4acfd68)

• Logs now explicitly mention the port's version, revision, and
  active variants. (#59643, jmr in d484695)

• Improved error reporting when circular dependencies are present
  when installing or upgrading ports. (#59289, jmr in cea9833)

• The universal variant is removed if it is not possible to build
  for two or more architectures. (#57133, jmr in fcff138)

• New universal_possible variable can be checked to see if
  universal building is possible. (jmr in e356e1e)

• Fixed error when choosing the currently active version when
  interactively prompted to pick a version by port activate.
  (#56817, jmr in 5f41bb4)

• Configuring MacPorts base with --with-no-root-privileges now
  also defaults to --without-startupitems. (#56743, jmr in a18eb94)

• Rev-upgrade now makes it more obvious when a port is considered
  broken because of using the wrong cxx_stdlib.
  (#56629, jmr in 00a2631)

• Fixed missing error message when the sync portion of selfupdate
  fails. (#56549, jmr in 8f4b9e5)

• When installing a port, the variants that are requested by the
  user (either on the command line or via variants.conf) are now
  recorded in the registry in order to distinguish them from
  default variants chosen by the port. When upgrading, only the
  requested variants from the previous version, rather than all its
  active variants, are considered when deciding which variants to
  request when installing the new version. (#46956, jmr in 19c9339)

• Added new variables macos_version and macos_version_major, which
  contain the full macOS version (like 10.15.7) and the major macOS
  version (like 10.15 or 11), respectively. The macosx_version
  variable is still available but deprecated.
  (#56252, jmr in 1916d6f)

• reclaim: remove everything under build and ccache directories.
  (#60126, khindenburg in b9fdb84, d08d261)

• For various actions, abort if @version specified is not current.
  (#60454, khindenburg, jmr in 835a7db, ca07195)

• Abort when a port includes a nonexistent PortGroup.
  (#59787, khindenburg in d913932)

• Adjust lint --nitpick on patchfiles to allow *.diff or *.patch.
  (#59695, khindenburg in 5037999)

• Display a progress bar when the underlying build system provides the
  necessary information, which is currently cmake and ninja.
  (#15939, landonf in da3524e)

• Support compressed web pages for livecheck.
  (#55011, dgilman in 8c41ca7, d741f0c)

• Added configure.sysroot variable, which is set to either
  ${configure.sdkroot} if an SDK is being used, or / if not.
  (#59798, jmr in 8d76ba6)

MacPorts 2.7.0-rc1

Changes since beta2:

• Fixed build failure on <= 10.6.
• Adjusted minimum compiler version for C++17.
• Using -j1 for the benefit of ninja when build.jobs is 1 (instead of no -j option), and setting use_parallel_build no changes the value of build.jobs to 1 rather than omitting the -j option.
• Checking some more logs for implicit function declarations.
• Printing some more possibly helpful log locations when configure fails.

MacPorts 2.7.0 beta 2

Changes since beta1:

• Fixed an error that could occur when applying the previously requested variants when upgrading. (#62751)
• Fixed progress bar width when COLUMNS is not set in the environment.
• Fixed inability to read the registry database without write permission when using newer SQLite versions.

Known issues:

• The change committed as 4f276ab needs to be applied on 10.6 and older to successfully build base against the system SQLite.