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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:54:23 -0500
From: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>
To: homebrew@librelist.com
Subject: [homebrew] Command Line Tools for XCode

Hey guys — I've been working with Apple since the release of my osx-gcc-installer. 

I helped them come up with the requirements and command_line_tools_for_xcode is the result of that effort. Apple should be putting a link to it on their open source page soon.

I know there were some reservations about hombrew supporting osx-gcc-installer, but since this is a real Apple product now, made *specifically* with Hombrew users in mind, we need to do our best to support it. Apple's doing their best to support us.

The only applications that will have trouble are ones that need the proprietary headers (CoreAudio, CoreData, OpenGL, etc).  MacVim obviously needs these things, but most software doesn't. There are a few surprises, though: Node, for example, binds to CoreData for some reason.

I think the best approach here is to give formula the ability to say if they need those special headers, and give hombrew the ability to say "hey you need full xcode for this formula".

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Kenneth Reitz