> 1) Update configure.ac in gnustep-make so it prints a warning if the > user is on darwin and uses a filesystem layout other than 'apple'. > This warning will tell the user they need to either set > DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH in their shell's environment > as well as in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, or they need to install > libraries and frameworks with an absolute install name (see below).
It looks good Maybe you could make the warning specific to using the 'apple-apple-apple' library-combo (ie, building using the Apple frameworks). If you are using the 'gnu-gnu-gnu' library-combo, then the right thing to do might be to source GNUstep.sh in your shell ? > 2) Add an option to make to use an absolute install name when linking > the library or framework. I tend to like the single word options to > make. Would you be opposed to me simply calling the option > 'absolute'? The end user could then simply type "make absolute=yes" > when building the library or framework. It looks good. I had a look around and I realized that most platform options we have at the moment are set at configure time though. Would that make things easier ? We could also use a longer expressive name there (you have to type it only once), ie ./configure --enable-absolute-install-paths that could set a variable (ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_PATHS = YES/NO) in config.make. The same variable could then be overridden on the command-line (as in, make ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_PATHS=NO) if needed for a special occasion, but I'd expect that most people will consistently either use the option, or not use it, so they'd set it once in ./configure and be happy. How does this sound ? :-) Thanks _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
