Re: [Flightgear-devel] PATCH Suggested configure.ac changes/improvements affecting mac users

[Jari H. <ja...@fl...>]

Jari Häkkinen wrote:
>> Anyway, we have to either install OpenAL with alut.h to 
>> /Library/Frameworks or manually add alut.h to 
>> /Developer/SDKs/*/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenAL.frameworks/Headers/
>>
> Shouldn't we make simgear ignore #include OpenAL/alut.h when compiling
> on OSX instead of adding the non-required alut.h? The workaround now is
> to simply add a zero length file (OpenAL/alut.h) somewhere in the 
> pre-processors include search path.

Of course, simgear needs alut.h so the above statemens are plain wrong. 
Maybe the simgear package can provide declarations for the alut 
functionality it uses (at least for macusers)?

Still on OSX10.6, currently the simplest workaround is to install 
freealut from 
http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/Forms/AllItems.aspx


Jari