merge bitcoin#24241: cleanup doc on need of Developer Account to obtain macOS SDK

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@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ When complete, it will have produced `Dash-Qt.dmg`.
### Step 1: Obtaining `Xcode.app` ### Step 1: Obtaining `Xcode.app`
A free Apple Developer Account is required to proceed.
Our current macOS SDK Our current macOS SDK
(`Xcode-12.2-12B45b-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz`) can be (`Xcode-12.2-12B45b-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz`) can be
extracted from extracted from
[Xcode_12.2.xip](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.2/Xcode_12.2.xip). [Xcode_12.2.xip](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.2/Xcode_12.2.xip).
Alternatively, after logging in to your account go to 'Downloads', then 'More' Alternatively, after logging in to your account go to 'Downloads', then 'More'
and look for [`Xcode_12.2`](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.2/Xcode_12.2.xip). and search for [`Xcode_12.2`](https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Xcode%2012.2).
An Apple ID and cookies enabled for the hostname are needed to download this. An Apple ID and cookies enabled for the hostname are needed to download this.
The `sha256sum` of the archive should be `28d352f8c14a43d9b8a082ac6338dc173cb153f964c6e8fb6ba389e5be528bd0`. The `sha256sum` of the archive should be `28d352f8c14a43d9b8a082ac6338dc173cb153f964c6e8fb6ba389e5be528bd0`.
@ -78,19 +80,9 @@ This version of `cctools` has been patched to use the current version of `clang`
and its `libLTO.so` rather than those from `llvmgcc`, as it was originally done in `toolchain4`. and its `libLTO.so` rather than those from `llvmgcc`, as it was originally done in `toolchain4`.
To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to
download, but not redistributable. To obtain it, register for an Apple Developer Account, download, but not redistributable. See the SDK Extraction notes above for how to obtain it.
then download [Xcode_12.2](https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_12.2/Xcode_12.2.xip).
This file is many gigabytes in size, but most (but not all) of what we need is The Guix process builds 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are
contained only in a single directory:
```bash
Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk
```
See the SDK Extraction notes above for how to obtain it.
The Guix process build 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are
created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid including the created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid including the
SDK's files in Guix's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely SDK's files in Guix's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely
redistributed. redistributed.