I've been using the Neko build from you without problem.
And I've also been regularly building haxe from svn (with make) and don't
see a problem.

There seems to be some compatibility issue with nme's build tool, but I
haven't investigate it yet.

Best regards,
Andy

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:49 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Sorry Andy the test.n was working on my machine but I have had some issues
> with haxe since changing neko, it sort of worked sometimes but not others.
> So decided to make haxe against the new Neko and it's not working?
>
> /usr/lib/haxe/haxe --cwd "/usr/lib/haxe/std/tools/haxelib" haxelib.hxml
> make: *** [haxelib] Segmentation fault
>
> I downloaded Neko SVN and haxe SVN and I am still getting an error when
> try to make haxe but when I rename neko folder to my original version it
> seems to work, not sure when the issue has crept into Neko, I may try to
> find out so I can submit a bug report.
>
> Best Justin
>
> On 19 Dec 2012, at 04:43, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Andy
>
> I have uploaded a new neko build here
>
> http://haxe3.org/downloads/nightly/neko/neko.zip
>
> Let me know if it works, install normal haxe neko to setup paths delete
> content of neko and replace with files, it's not a proper release build
> there is probably another step for that.
>
> Best Justin
>
> On 19 Dec 2012, at 03:43, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Andy
>
> libz.a is here?
>
> http://code.google.com/p/sdl-static/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Flib%2FMac%253Fstate%253Dclosed
>
> check the sdl-static folder and the haxe/libs/ folders..
>
> I think Neko compiles for Apache 2 and 1.3 if it can't find it will ask,
> but you prob don't need 1.3 unless it's related to new mysql dependancy?
>
> For Apache2 you need mod_tora2 or mod_neko2 so if you don't have 1.3 it
> will probably not make the mod_neko or mod_tora versions.
>
> Carbon?  No idea
>
> If a lib  *.dylib or *.a  etc... is not picked up look for it in your
> system and just dump a copy in usr/lib/ folder... ok not the proper way but
> should work :) alternatively you can try to change your paths but that can
> be flaky to get right?
>
> I use gcc 4.6 or 4.7 and normally prefer macport builds of code over
> pre-installed apple libs, I think you are better off not depending on what
> apple does too much, for example on NME you probably have to edit the xcode
> SDK path in some of the build files as every mac os seems to name them
> differently and put them in a different place.
>
> It maybe good to form a support group for haxe mac users maybe on
> googleplus within the new haxe community group?
>
> I am sure you know a lot more on this stuff than me, I tend to use
> terminal more often but still far from a power user.
>
> I can try creating a new neko build on my system but not sure I have any
> Apache setup, as my mamp seems to be corrupted I really would like to use
> something different from Apache it seems such a messy thing, I found other
> info on github but don't know how to use it.
>
> Best Justin
>
> On 18 Dec 2012, at 17:55, Andy Li wrote:
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> Thanks for the quick and detailed reply!
>
> I had used macports for sometime and moved to 
> homebrew<http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/>,
> which is known as the more "modern" version of macports/darwinports. It
> takes much less time on installing packages and easier to manage.
>
> Actually I want to know if there is any specific version or procedure on
> installing the dependencies of compiling Neko.
> It is because it looks a bit weird to me that:
>
>    - Apache 1.3.x is pretty old and Mac has been bundling Apache 2
>    - LibZ is also been bundled by Mac, but only with .dylib, not "libz.a"
>    required by the makefile
>    - Carbon should be also bundled by Mac though I'm not sure for this one
>
> And I've just tried, the remaining dependencies were successfully
> installed with homebrew, picked up by the makefile.
>
>    - brew install mysql
>    - brew install pcre
>
>
> So, the question now is, can neko use the Mac bundled version
> of LibZ, Carbon and Apache 1.3.x, instead of using different ones?
>
> Best regards,
> Andy
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:20 PM, [email protected] 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Andy
>>
>> I suggest you install macports if you don't already have it.
>>  http://www.macports.org/install.php
>>
>> Once your all setup with it ( you may need to selfupdate etc... -force if
>> needed etc.. )
>>
>> from terminal you can check packages available, occasionally they are not
>> yet in general release so you can also google macport and the library name,
>> and then download the macport installer directly, I have just done some
>> searches and they all seem to come back with packages you can install.
>>
>> sudo port search LibZ
>> sudo port search Carbon
>> sudo port search mysql
>>  sudo port search apache
>> sudo port search pcre
>>
>> I would like haxe to be a macport but documentation on ports is quite
>> technical so I have not tried making one.
>>
>> you can install a package with   sudo port install ....  you may find
>> some of these in a single package.
>>
>> If you have specific issues with installing there is a macport IRC on
>> freenode that is usually very helpful but as always you have to be around
>> awhile to catch the eye of the advanced users, it is fairly advanced so try
>> to read a bit before you start asking questions so as not to annoy them.
>>
>> I think some of the database stuff you can safely ignore especially for
>> just using NME, i think sometimes it wants to install old and new versions,
>> but if you just want latest Neko for haxe then not normally important?
>>  Sorry rather vague on this.  I can have a go at a Neko version on my
>> leopard that will probably work will on lion if you get stuck.  Always
>> backup your current version.
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> On 18 Dec 2012, at 09:10, Andy Li wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to compile Neko r1926 on Mac OSX 10.7.5, using `make os=osx`.
>> The core part compiles fine, but it prompted for finding dependency of
>> external libraries, i.e. LibZ, Apache 1.3.x, Carbon, PCRE, MySQL.
>> Where should I get those? Is it just downloading and installing all of
>> them one by one and then recompile?
>> FYI, my complete terminal log is over here<https://gist.github.com/4326265>
>> .
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Andy
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