Re: [Unicon-group] Updating location of compiled binaries [was previously : Question regarding search paths for iconx on Linux]

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:45:08 -0700

Bruce,
 
Yes, with old version of icon and unicon too (however I am not sure for unicon) the problem was with correct path to iconx binary.
For Icon v9.3.1 and 9.3.2 under Windows I usually put icont and iconx together. Then I compiled my program as:
%path-to-icon%\icont -A myprogram.icn
 
To run myprogram.exe I put %path-to-icon% to common PATH or copied icont/iconx to location of the program. Second way is working on 100%.
 
But as it's turned on - it is because old icont had rigid path link to iconx in itself body. The same true for cygwin or linux. Then you build new executable with such icont the rigid link to iconx is inherited and cloned to executable. For Windows path problem maybe solved as I described, for unix patchstr was introduced. As I understood when you want to move iconx from original make location you need to patch icont only. Iconx doesn't point on itself.
 
BTW starting with Icon 9.5 (as I remember) this "rigid chaining" of icont to iconx was cancelled. All path settings you can define through PATH variable.
 
Best regards,
Sergey Logichev
 
07.06.2014, 12:20, "Bruce & Breeanna Rennie" <[email protected]>:

To all,

One problem that I have experienced was getting my system to use the
correct binaries for icont and iconx. Previously, I have had some
communications with Clinton on the [Unicon-ldif] list. I finally have
found my solution and now understand a bit more of what Clinton was
saying at the time.

I am putting it my findings here for anyone else who regularly does
rebuilds from source or wants to shift the location of the unicon/icon
binaries.

Courtesy of Ralph Griswold and his team, they have a lovely little
program called patchstr. Up till now, I didn't understand its purpose.

Using it on the icont and iconx binaries, I now have my system working
as it should.

I have placed two lines in my final rebuild shell script as follows

patchstr icont "$HOME/unicon/bin"
patchstr iconx "$HOME/unicon/bin"

This leaves my normal working files now using the correct binary location.

It just goes to show that even after many years of just using
unicon/icon there is still more to learn.

Thanks for your pointers Clinton and to those who contributed in the
past with patchstr.

regards

Bruce Rennie


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