Subj : Help compiling on a Mac
To : Vince Coen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Sep 08 2016 08:29 am
Hello Vince!
Tuesday September 06 2016 10:50, Vince Coen wrote to Andrew Leary:
VC> It is going to be more than that -
VC> Using passwd & group has to be replaced with a different call for each
VC> and every parameter requirement as the mac call only seems to take one
VC> param at a time and it goes to a different place but ends up in the
VC> same place i.e., /etc/passwd .
OK. That can still be done; we just need a way to detect we are in an Intel
Mac environment.
VC> Next is that having homebrew installed is vital along with any
VC> required packages including GCC.
This requirement can be addressed in the README, or possibly by adding a check
to the configure script.
VC> Location of the install is different as /opt is a link to the real
VC> /usr/local/Cellar and as that is on the 'boot' drive a user may well
VC> want it some where else (in my case /Users/mbse).
Again, this is something we can address in the configure script.
VC> My head hurts :)
VC> Next one is the build fails due to bad target - need to have a close
VC> look at that as yesterday I did not spot the obvious !
Ok. You'll need to take the lead on diagnosing that, unless someone donates an
Intel Mac to me... ;-)
