On Sep 29, 12:44 pm, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 29, 12:01 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:47:22AM -0700, Dos-Man 64 wrote:
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> > > On Sep 25, 8:06 am, Ryan Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On 2009-09-24, at 11:02 PM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > >> From: Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]>
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> > > > >> Would anyone please help to test this out? I need to make sure the
> > > > >> output is correct, that all the needed files are in the zip file,
> > > > >> that
> > > > >> no segmentation faults (related to pointers) are taking place, and
> > > > >> that the end user has the proper priviledges to run the executable.
> > > > >> Once I am sure it is working correctly, I have to whip up a EULA and
> > > > >> upload it somewhere so that people can download it.
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> > > > >>http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=...
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> > > > > Where is the source for this? And what is the license for this
> > > > > program. Sounds very fishy to me.
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> > > > Not so much fishy as unconventional. Dos-Man is just new to the Linux
> > > > software writing scene, so he just has some catching up to do.
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> > > > Regarding distribution, Dos-Man, you should consider open sourcing
> > > > your program. It is quite customary for this sort of program, as is
> > > > distributing as source code rather than binary. Zip is also a bit
> > > > uncommon in the Linux world, with tarballs (.tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tgz,
> > > > etc.) being the norm.
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> > > > ~Ryan
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> > > Is there some way I can statically link the GTK+ library to the
> > > executable? I seek to avoid the use of runtimes, especially since I
> > > have no idea of how to create installation packages. Anyway, I'm a
> > > big believer that no self-respecting c or c++ application should ever
> > > require any type of external runtimes. That kind of crap is for wimp
> > > languages like c#, java, and vb.
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> > Except that trying to run 15 applications using the GTK libraries will take
> > up 15 times the memory. Also, there are things like IPC and windowing
> > specs that need to be consistent in an Xsession, so all apps need to run
> > the same version. You should look into learning how to make packages, it's
> > not as hard as you think.
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> That's fine, but if the user just wants the program to work without
> any concern of the memory requirements, and the programmer just wants
> the user to be able to use the program without jumping through complex
> installation hoops, then it doesn't explain why static linking isn't
> one of the available options? I'm not saying it's always preferable,
> but sometimes it is.
This goes beyond program distribution to others. I want to be able to
use my programs on any linux distro and have them work, without me
having to run a setup program first. My application is working fine
right now in knoppix, but doesn't work in ubuntu. Not really sure what
will happen when I get my dreamlinux dvd in the mail, but that's the
problem. It should work. I shouldn't have to worry about which
libraries are installed where.
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