Re: [openvrml-develop] Link failure in building OpenVRML-0.16.1 on Mac OS X ppc

[Philip L. <ph...@ed...>]

On 07/12/2006, at 10:23 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 13:57 +1300, Philip Lamb wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> So the current state of my patch file to get OpenVRML 0.16.2 to build
>> for Mac OS X is:
>
> I'm glad you got it working. Am I correct in assuming that Fink
> accommodates patching pristine sources as part of the packaging  
> process?
>
> As long as that's possible, I don't perceive a pressing need to
> integrate these changes into the official sources.

Yes, fink accommodates patching of unmodified sources as part of the  
build process.

However, I'm not so sure I believe in your philosophy with regards to  
where build issues on any given platform should be accommodated,  
Braden. We can either deal with the API and environment as it is, or  
as we wish it was. Idealism is rarely productive in software  
development. Accommodating these particular bugs/peculiarities/ 
whatevers is as simple as putting an #ifdef __APPLE__ into the code.

Phil.