Ari Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Tim Baumgartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Ari Johnson wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Tim Baumgartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> There is a Leopard compile problem (http://gna.org/bugs/?11940) in which
>>>> QuesoGLC fails to link due to the location of some inline function
>>>> definitions. I came up with a patch that fixes the issue (and submitted it
>>>> to the QuesoGLC tracker) but I don't know when the problem will be fixed on
>>>> the official QuesoGLC version.
>>>>
>>>> So that the problem doesn't persist for Leopard users trying to compile the
>>>> Warzone trunk and/or 2.1 branch, I've modified the Xcode file so that it
>>>> automatically applies the QuesoGLC patch during compilation. If this
>>>> solution works for everyone (until QuesoGLC itself is fixed), I've attached
>>>> both the QuesoGLC and Xcode patches. The script assumes the QuesoGLC patch
>>>> is located in macosx/Resources/ because I didn't know a better place to put
>>>> it but the location can easily be changed.
>>>
>>> My standard procedure would be to commit the patch into
>>> /macosx/external/.  Also, the patch should probably be applied in the
>>> script that extracts the QuesoGLC code into that directory, and only
>>> if the extraction takes place.  That would avoid multiple applications
>>> of the patch, although it would require a rm -rf
>>> macosx/external/quesoglc in existing checkouts.
>>>
>>> Oh, how I'd love for a better way to do it.  But that's the best I
>>> came up with and it works pretty well, on the whole. :)
>>>
>>> Ari
>>>
>> The script runs right after the script that downloads and extracts QuesoGLC. 
>> I
>> put it in a new "script build phase" so that it would be easier to remove 
>> once
>> QuesoGLC fixes the issue on their end but I can put it in the download 
>> script if
>> you want.
>>
>> For the actual patching, the script copies the patch from macosx/Resources/ 
>> to
>> macosx/external/quesoglc/ and patches it from there. If the patch is in the
>> quesoglc directory, the script assumes QuesoGLC has already been patched and
>> doesn't try to re-patch it. This would alleviate the problem of having to rm 
>> -rf
>> the quesoglc directory in existing checkouts.
>>
>> In regards to storing the patch (the one I currently have in 
>> macosx/Resources/),
>> you would like for it to be stored in macosx/external/, correct?
> 
> What you're doing is fine, but I do think that the patch should not be
> in macosx/Resources/.  The reason for this is that the Resources
> directory is intended for files that will be placed inside the
> application bundle or framework bundles that are created in the build
> process.  That is, resources for the application rather than resources
> for the build.
> 

That makes sense, I just wanted to clear up a little confusion that I had. 
Also, 
do you still prefer for the patching to be applied in the download script? I'll 
make the changes and post back later today.

Tim

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