Re: [pdf-devel] Compiling in Mac OS X

[Aleksander Morgado Juez]

Hi,

>   I am trying to compile libgnupdf in Mac OS X 10.5, and found some  
> porting
>   issues that I don't really know how to handle (first time trying  
> to port
>   something to this OS).
>   I found at least three issues:
>    (1) libtoolize --> glibtoolize (in Darwin) --> So bootstrap needs  
> to  be
>   modified. New bootstrap for Mac OS X?
>
> Please check if `autoreconf' does the right thing. If it does we will
> call `autoreconf' from the bootstrap script instead of the explicit
> call chain.

Yes, autoreconf works perfectly with no further change needed.

>    (2) malloc.h --> stdlib.h (in Darwin) --> So source files will  
> need an
>   explicit #ifdef _DARWIN_OS or something like that (a more explicit  
> #ifdef
>   HAVE_MALLOC_H maybe) for a correct compilation. Configure script  
> will need
>   to be run with the specific definition (-D_DARWIN_OS) as well. Is  
> this the
>   best approach?
>
>    (3) The function 'getline' used in utils/pdf_filter is not  
> included in my
>   default system libraries. Is there any workaround to this?
>
> gnulib provides portable implementations for both facilities. I
> imported new modules for `malloc.h' and `getline'. Please update from
> CVS and test it.

I just updated and there is no problem with getline, but it keeps  
complaining about the malloc.h file, which is not included in the lib  
directory.

> BTW, the `AC_CANONICAL_HOST' in `configure.ac' should report that you
> are building in macosx.
That's good information, thanks.

Aleksander Morgado