I would be happy to do the Mac OS X part. I know how to do it at least.
The only thing I don't know how to "extract" the gm2 from its
environment. Thus I would need some help there. But preparing a dmg -
the standard method these days of distributing software - is not a
problem if the software works in the first place within a particular
folder.
Currently Xcode 3.0 with gcc 4.0.1 would be quite a flexible solution
to use and is the most commonly used version of Xcode, since it works
for MacOS X 10.4.x (Tiger) as well as 10.5.x (Leopard). The latest
Xcode, i.e. v3.1.1, however, uses gcc 4.2. and is only available under
the latest Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard).
Andreas
Gaius Mulley wrote:
Andreas Fischlin <address@hidden> writes:
Dear all,
This reminds me of the distribution issues, I have been discussing with
Gaius previously (last year). IMHO gm2 would profit greatly, if it
would be released separately from gcc. Moreover, once you have a
binary, it should be possible to move that binary among machines of the
same platform, which is AFAIK unfortunately not the case with current
gm2 release scheme. How do others think about this?
Please consider the following points: Most Unix systems of one or
another form - BTW I'm coming from OS X (Darwin variant) - have
typically already some gcc compiler installed. In the case of OS X the
gcc preinstalled by default is often not the one gm2 uses. Why not
following a release scheme where you get gm2 alone and that release is
made for a particular gcc or a range of gcc. In case someone wishes to
follow the same scheme gm2 uses now, this could still be done by any
user by simply downloading an additional gcc component. And all those
that already have a gcc installed, can simply add gm2 to the set of
compilers without having to struggle with the coexistence of several
gcc on the same machine.
Anyone with me on this?
Hi Andreas,
I believe it can be released separately from gcc (I've just checked
the last deb package built and it contains a gm2 which should coexist
with a debian packaged gcc-4.1.2). Using a gm2 compiler built on
another platform might be possible - but if it is to be installed in a
different directory it might be a less than satisfactory experience
for the user. In theory it could work (I think) but the user would
have to always specify -B/path/to/cc1gm2. This could easily be tested
by building gm2 for debian and using 'alien' to convert it into an rpm
and installing it under Fedora. I did try this last year - it almost
worked.. there was a problem with crt0.o IIRC and I suspect this
could be fixed with a little time.
Certainly I like the idea of building gm2 when grafted onto particular
gcc sources. This is probably the way to go - and hopefully would
allow cygwin MacOS ports to be much more stable. I guess the next
question, is "in what time frame?" .. I was aiming to finish the ISO
libraries and type COMPLEX before the next release (aiming at New
Year) - but is this too far in the future?
Are there people on the list with Solaris, Gentoo, Fedora, Cygwin and
MacOS (any others) package building experience? I can build debian
packages from some scripts I've obtained - if anyone is interested I
can put them up on the web site with basic instructions? The debian
build process is reasonably automated, you just need a fast machine
or a lot of patience :-), as it uses the pdebuild chroot mechanism.
regards,
Gaius
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