Re: [gtkmm] gtkmm2, gconfmm, libglademm installer for Mac OS X

[Julian Missig <julian jabber org>]

On 13 Dec, 2003, at 15:44, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:

> > I've create a metapackage installer for gtkmm2, gconfmm, and
> > libglademm
> > for Mac OS X. It installs them and all of their dependencies in /opt.
> >
> > These are based off of darwinports-based Portfiles I made for
> > all three.
>
> I know almost nothing about MacOS X packaging, but I'm slightly 
> concerned
> that you are not using the Fink system that I've heard is popular. For
> instance, If Fink distributes a GTK+ package, and darwinports 
> distributes a
> GTK+ package, will they clash?

No, they won't clash. If you want Fink packages, you can try to 
convince the Fink people to do it. I give up.

> > Murray, get in touch with me and I'll set it up so you can
> > download it
> > from me, or tell me where to upload it.
>
> Do you want to host it, or do you want gtkmm.org to host it?

I don't have anywhere to host it really, so if gtkmm.org could, that 
would be good.

> If there are any patches required then I'd like to see them in 
> bugzilla. Do
> you still need the patch that you posted here?:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93412
> Of course that was in response to an Apple gcc bug, but it looks like 
> we
> have no way to track their bugs. Do we just have to hope that they 
> will fix
> it in the next release without any sign that they are doing that?

Apple fixed the gcc bug, and other than the libtool patch and some OS 
X-specific compiler flags, these are based off of the official tarballs

> And I think you needed to patch the generated libtool files, so I'd 
> like to
> see some communication with the libtool maintainers about that.

Oy. Based on prior experience with Gnu people, I'm not going to like 
this....

Julian