It looks like, from all I can tell, that except for some formatting issues (namely, using '_' in filenames instead of '-' in some cases), all of reasons and issues for using a patched epm are resolved in epm 4.3... With 4.3, packages are relocatable and RPM's no longer require --nodep.
Considering that the package/installer in solenv knows about both patched and unpatched epms, I'd like us to consider baselining epm 4.3 (unpatched) for 4.2.x and later... It would be nice to be able to leverage untainted epm. > On Sep 15, 2016, at 1:06 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > > >> On Sep 15, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> Note that we could also update the AOO patch to make epm get rid of the >> PackageMaker, the patch already fixes the path: >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/trunk/main/epm/epm-3.7.patch?revision=1413471&view=markup#l381 >> We could change that system call. > > The issue is that PackageMaker is old, old. It is no longer > even obtainable unless you are lucky enough to have an > old copy of the Xcode dev tools. So for people who wish to > build AOO under OSX, the dependency on PackageMaker is a > NoGo. > > When Apple deprecated PackageMaker, they replaced it with > a command-line suite (pkg*). Unfortunately, all versions of > epm older than 4.3 have no concept of it and instead rely > on PackageMaker. > > Sooooo it would be nice to be able to standardize on 4.3 for ALL > platforms, but that means applying the 3.7-patch to 4.3... that > is what I'm working on now at https://github.com/jimjag/epm/tree/aoo > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
