Re: [q-lang-users] Compiling Q on Mac OS X

[Ryan S. <q-l...@ry...>]

On Dec 19, 2007, at 19:46, Albert Graef wrote:

> Tim Haynes wrote:
>
>> Definitely maybe the ODBC interface, please :)
>
> Yes, SQLite's advantage is that it's very easy to use, but if you want
> to work with existing databases there's no way around ODBC.
>
>>     ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/q \
>>       --with-{x,gmp,rl,pthread,curl,gdbm,magick,xml}
>
> I didn't mention gdbm since I think it's not used all that much  
> anymore
> (someone correct me if I'm wrong), but it's not a big dependency,  
> so you
> might as well include the gdbm interface in the basic package, along
> with the xml interface. (The latter would bring in libxml2, libxslt  
> and
> libz, so it wouldn't be a huge dependency either. I guess that if you
> use stuff from MacPorts, chances are that you already have these
> libraries anyway, since they are used by a lot of applications.)

I will look into providing variants for these various requests so  
that people who want them can have them, and those who do not will  
not need the extra dependencies.

> The magick module is nice for both graphics and web programming, but
> here the story is a bit different because the ImageMagick port  
> drags in
> XFree86 (even if you don't need the X11 functionality), so you might
> want to provide this as an option.

Users are expected to install Apple's X11 (it's installed by default  
on Leopard, available on the install DVD for Tiger, available from  
Apple's web site for Panther). If Apple's X11 is present, XFree86 is  
not required. Users who do not want the X functionality can install  
the ImageMagick port with the +no_x11 variant, and then neither  
Apple's X11 nor XFree86 is required.

> Anyway, these are just suggestions... It's good to have Q in MacPorts,
> even just the basic package. Now when people ask for OS X packages, I
> can simply refer them to your port, that's very nice. :)