Re: Mac build script

[Ian Esten]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the reply. My build script does the same as your m files.

Having another quick look, the problem is not with anything FLTK
related. What is happening is that octave-3.8.2 is loading the
octave-cli-3.8.2 binary in the installed location. I've taken a brief
look at some of the octave code, and see that the install prefix gets
used a lot as a hard coded path. I also see that some uses of the hard
coded path look like they can be overridden with command line
arguments. I don't know yet if that will be enough to solve the
problems I describe.

Ian

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Ian Esten <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a build script nearing completion that builds octave and its
>> dependencies. It will be easy to add a packaging stage, too.
>>
>> The script builds everything and then creates a  self contained app
>> bundle. I have all the library relocation(*) working correctly. The
>> remaining problem I am facing is that octave seems to be loading oct
>> files (and maybe other dynamically loaded code) relative to $prefix as
>> passed to configure. The comand line application loads fine, but the
>> gui app does not. It tries to dynamically load something that is
>> installed under $prefix, which fails because the dynamic code that is
>> installed there has not been relocated(*). The dynamic code in
>> question is something to do with fltk.
>>
>> So, my question is: is there a way to override octave looking for
>> dynamic libraries under $prefix?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ian
>>
>> * - when I say relocated, I am refering to using install_name_tool to
>> make the linker point to the appropriate library in the app bundle.
>
> In the past, I had made a similar effort. I documented much of what I did 
> hoping it would be useful for others. If I've properly recognized the problem 
> you've encountered, the link below should be helpful.
>
>         
> http://wiki.octave.org/Create_a_MacOS_X_App_Bundle_Using_MacPorts#Fixing_.22dyld:_Library_not_loaded.22_Errors
>
> Ben
>