Yes oorexx-config is used by any package that wants to use ooRexx as part of the package's configuration stage, prior to building the package's binary files. All of my external function packages use it. The alternative is to use pkg-config, but that requires more setup on the developer's machine.
Cheers, Mark On 17/7/21 3:04 am, CV Bruce wrote: > I believe oorexx-config is a Linux-ism that you can include in a make > file to populate variables with information about where various parts > of oorexx can be found. > Bruce > > Sent by Magic! > >> On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:41 AM P.O. Jonsson <oor...@jonases.se >> <mailto:oor...@jonases.se>> wrote: >> >> Dear Rony, just some thoughts. >> >> I did not run the script (yet) but is the intention to create >> symlinks to /usr/local so as to avoid the need to modify the path? >> >> If the 2nd part is creating the steps necessary to „unlink" why >> do you not create a shell script of those lines? After all the >> user will not realize at the time of installation (linking) that >> he might need them (much) later during an uninstall? (unlinking). >> It would appear possible to create a static unlink script for the >> default (/Applications/ooRexx5/bin,lib <-> /usr/local/bin,lib >> >> Can we hear from the developers what the skipped files ( >> callrexx1, callrexx2, libwpipe1.dylib, libwpipe2.dylib, >> libwpipe3.dylib and oorexx-config.) are for? Can they be safely >> removed from the installation on macOS? How does one go about it? >> >> >> I'm not sure what oorexx-config is, but the others are the compiled >> sample files. >> >> Rick >> >> >> It is possible to delete these files from the (auto-generated) >> script building the dmg in a post-process but that would be the >> ugly way. IMO we should locate the places in CMakelists.txt where >> those files are copied and fix the problem there. >> >> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse, >> P.O. Jonsson >> oor...@jonases.se <mailto:oor...@jonases.se> >> >> >> >>> Am 16.07.2021 um 17:09 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher >>> <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at <mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at>>: >>> >>> Those who use ooRexx5 from Sourceforge on a Mac and who have >>> followed the instructions will have >>> ooRexx in "/Applications/ooRexx5". >>> >>> The enclosed Rexx script will create the link and remove >>> commands that will make ooRexx5 available >>> systemwide. Run it and copy & paste the output to create the >>> links or remove them. >>> >>> If you have ooRexx5 installed somewhere else, adjust the script >>> accordingly. >>> >>> ---rony >>> >>> >>> <linkooRexx5.rex>_______________________________________________ >>> Oorexx-devel mailing list >>> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> <mailto:Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >>> <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Mark Hessling, m...@rexx.org http://www.rexx.org/ * Author of THE, a Free XEDIT/KEDIT editor and, Rexx/SQL, Rexx/CURL, etc. * Maintainer of Regina Rexx interpreter * Use Rexx? join the Rexx Language Association: https://www.rexxla.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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