Able to install Xcode 15 on incompatible macOS version
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Swift
- Stars
- 4.8k
- Forks
- 182
- Avg merge
- 2d 12h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
I'm not sure whether this is a bug/issue, but I was able to install Xcode 15.2 on macOS Ventura 13.4.1, although on the release notes of Xcode 15.2 it's said that the minimum required version is macOS Ventura 13.5 or later.
There wasn't any outstanding issue up until when I want to use Bazel and there were errors coming from Bazel saying that there's no installed Xcode, although I can still see the path printed:
% xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode-15.2.0.app/Contents/Developer
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the installation on macOS Ventura 13.4.1 and checking the selected developer path with xcode-select -p. Compare the result with Xcode 15.2's stated minimum version and the Bazel errors; done should include a decided, documented behavior for incompatible installations.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100