Re: GSoC: Improve binary packaging on Mac OS X

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 4, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 3 August 2013 18:28, Anirudha Bose <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I would like to have some input on how to proceed with building app bundles
>> for Mac OS X. I have written a post about it in my blog [1].
> 
> It would be nice to have a unified system to do this. My hope is that
> you can keep using MXE to build the app bundle on Mac OS X. There
> should be no need for macports. If we use MXE, we can all
> collaboratively maintain, I hope, a unified build system for Octave.
> 
> jwe has worked on allowing MXE to do native builds (i.e. no
> cross-compilation). So you should be able to use MXE on Mac OS X to
> build a binary for Mac OS X. In particular, as I understand it, this
> might allow you to build without having to get Xcode. Is MXE able to
> bootstrap a gcc on Mac OS X?
> 
> - Jordi G. H.

Jordi,

I appreciate the hope to avoid Xcode, but after thinking over it further there 
are some problems.  For example, many libraries we need under MacOSX are only 
available via Xcode.  For example, the OpenGL an GLUT frameworks are only 
available via Xcode (at least that is my understanding).

Perhaps it is prudent to make a first pass allowing for Xcode and follow up 
with an effort to remove the Xcode requirement.

Ben