Re: GSoC Enquiry: Improving binary packaging

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 8 June 2013 14:17, Michael Goffioul <address@hidden> wrote:
> From this, I think a realistic target could be to start from jwe's MXE and
> make it able to compile octave (and deps) for:
[snip]
> - OS X, native (using what compiler? Xcode? GCC?)
> - OS X, cross-compile (?): here, I'm not even sure this is possible

I don't believe it's possible to compile at all for Mac OS X without
clicking an "I Agree" button written by Apple or its moral equivalent.
So perhaps the best that can be done is using MXE for a native build
on Mac OS X, but this will require installing Xcode or its
stripped-down version. This means that anyone who wants to compile for
Mac OS X needs to agree being spied upon by Apple and agree to Apple's
NDA legalese, unless this legalese has changed since last time I saw
it.

A program that can automate building app bundles or .dmg files for Mac
OS X should be part of this project.

- Jordi G. H.