On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Alexander Sotirov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:46:27AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: >>> [snip] >> I outlined the main issues in my last email, but I'll summarize >> them as TODO items: >> >> 1) Remove unneeded files from the destination directory to reduce >> the size of the package. Linking the GNOME libraries staticly >> would be cool, but that would involve a lot of work (and hacking). > > Well, you could certainly remove all the header files. Not sure > what else can be removed, tho. I suspect it'll be some trial and > error. > >> 2) Make GnuCash work from any directory. The OSX installation model >> is that there is no installer, you just drag the app directory >> somewhere >> and double click to launch it. Jeshua Lacock suggested the /tmp >> trick in his email, BinReloc is something else I need to investigate. > > I'd look at BinReloc first. As I suggested earlier I'd recommend > NOT using /tmp (but you could use /opt). > >> 3) Build an OSX application that wraps the GnuCash directory and >> launches >> the main executable, so that users get the same installation and >> launching >> experience. This is trivial. > > trivial but useful!
If you configured gnucash with --prefix=/Applications/GnuCash.app/ Contents then at least the structure would be there already. But I admit I don't know how to apply the appropriate bundle parameter after the fact (or if it can be done after building). You probably need to have the configure with --bindir=$PREFIX/MacOS to get normal mac app behavior too. I think the relocatable part requires running install_name_tool on every .dylib or .so in gnucash and all dependencies. Something like: install_name_tool -change /Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/lib @executable_path/../lib GnuCash.app/Contents/libs/libexample.dylib With enough scripting know-how, one could probably do that with a single loop. But that's certainly beyond my skills at the moment. Dave -- David Reiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
