Re: AquaTerm (all solved)

[Erik L. <eri...@gm...>]

Final note (hopefully): The x86_64 (Intel) and arm64 versions of Gnuplot
6.0.2 with and without AquaTerm can now be downloaded from
https://csml-wiki.northwestern.edu/index.php/Binary_versions_of_Gnuplot_for_macOS

Jun: If you have a chance, can you see if these work on your MacBook?

Kind regards,

Erik

On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM Erik Luijten <eri...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Ethan,
>
> The new configure script works correctly (at least on my ARM-based Mac
> running masOS 15.2 Sequioa); thank you.
>
> As for "-g": As long as it's a deliberate choice, I have no problem with
> it. (I thought this flag could interfere with optimization, but I realize
> now that this is not true; thus, the only difference is the size of the
> executable.)
>
> Erik
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM Ethan A Merritt <me...@uw...> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, 26 January 2025 08:59:41 PST Erik Luijten wrote:
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > I apologize for the clutter on this mailing list, but to save others
>> work,
>> > I wanted to let you know that all AquaTerm issues listed in my email
>> from
>> > yesterday have been resolved:
>> >
>> > 1. Thanks to the MacPorts project, I figured out what patches are
>> needed to
>> > compile AquaTerm 1.1.1 on a current version of macOS.
>> >
>> > 2. Moreover, Ethan, I found out what needs to be changed in the Gnuplot
>> > configure script. Line 10668 needs to read:
>> >
>> > CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -ObjC"; LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework Foundation
>> -framework
>> > AquaTerm -F/Library/Frameworks"
>> >
>> > (the missing -F flag causes subsequent tests to go wrong)
>>
>> This is getting deep into the autoconf/packaging weeds.
>>
>> <begin weedy section>
>> The ./configure file is not a primary source;  it is produced by running
>> various
>> autoconf tools  (aclocal autoheader automake m4 ...) using the master
>> template
>> file configure.ac and the scripts in the subdirectory .../m4/
>> If you are starting from the files in the git repository (i.e. not from a
>> packaged tarball) this is done by running the script named "prepare"
>> which does all this magic and produces the ./configure script.
>>
>> I didn't write that prepare script and have only a superficial
>> understanding of
>> what all it is doing.  I can see that there is script in the m4 directory
>> .../m4/apple.m4 that is supposed to set the appropriate flags for
>> building on a Mac.
>> <end weedy section>
>>
>> I can tweak it, but I'll be working blind since I don't have a Mac to
>> test it on.
>> Please try the attached configure script (for 6.0.2) generated after
>> modifying
>> apple.m4
>>
>> >
>> > 3. I need to create an ARM package for AquaTerm and then I will provide
>> new
>> > packages on my Wiki page. Please allow a few days for me to finish this.
>> >
>> > Lastly, on a side note: I noticed that gnuplot on my machine always
>> builds
>> > with "-g -O2"; is this default on purpose? ("-g" seems undesirable for
>> > production builds)
>>
>> Why undesirable?
>> The advantage is that it allows people to provide more information in a
>> bug report.
>> As in "here's a backtrace I got for the segfault I'm reporting".
>> Is there a disadvantage?
>>
>>     Ethan
>
>