Re: [Xtrkcad-fork-developers] cross-compiling under OS X for PowerPC

[Derrick B. <sh...@de...>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Stefan Grünendahl
<ste...@gm...> wrote:
> Another update: on my lunch break I found Derrick J Brashear's 4.0.1
> tar file with on OS X universal binary.

I think I just lipo'd 2 binaries (and 2 sets of libraries) together.

> (see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XTrkCad/message/2412 )
> After adding a /opt/local/fonts/fonts.conf file it seems it works. All
> I can check is the intel part, of course. (Or is there a way to force
> a Rosetta execution under 10.4.11?) Is there any reason why this was
> never packaged and added to the 4.0.1 release? If nobody objects, then
> I'd propose to make it into a dmg and add it, so that the PPC people
> that are not so much into compiling and linking have at least
> something. The .xtc files seem to be backward compatible between
> 4.1.0b1 and 4.0.1 .
>
> Bill, you are actually part of that yahoo group email exchange with
> Derrick. From the old emails I glean that there are some reservations
> installing stuff into /opt. Why? It's not part of OS X per se, but
> rather some macports special location (just like /sw is the Fink
> special directory). So far I've had no qualms trashing (or rather,
> moving aside and then remaking anew) my /opt tree, and my macbook is
> still working...
> Should one try to group all the libraries and files needed for xtrkcad
> into its /Application subdirectory? I was working under the assumption
> that anybody who would install from the .dmg would not have a
> full-blown macports environment, and thus not care about /opt. (Of
> course I was careful to specify in the notes accompanying the intel
> 4.1.0b1 image which directories things get written to.)  I would
> really appreciate others' comments and opinions on this.
> cheers,

You're welcome to do what you want with it. Packaging was sort of a
pain I didn't have time to cope with then.