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diff --git a/development/macosx/README_MACOSX b/development/macosx/README_MACOSX index 4cb5908..ac62046 100644 --- a/development/macosx/README_MACOSX +++ b/development/macosx/README_MACOSX @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Thanks to Juergen Graf to debug this very generic README ! Status: ------- +This work is done, do provide a development platform for Apple-Users! Please do not expect that you +could create a productive Opie system for the Mac with it !! + The basic system works quite well. But a lot of applications and plugins, which are platform specific, need some work to be compileable. @@ -18,14 +21,10 @@ What is ready: libqpe libopie1 -libopie2/opiedb +libopie2 pim-applications (addressbook, todolist, datebook, today) A lot of applications and plugins which are not platform specific. -What will follow soon: - -libopie2 (libopiecore and libopiedb works already !) - ToDO: ----- There are some functions in the sourcecode which are not yet ported to Mac. If the @@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ Go into the basic directory of Opie make menuconfig" set "Build Parameters"->"Target Machine"->"Mac OS X (DARWIN)" to activate the platform specific changes. save and exit the menuconfig app -make +make (ATTENTION: See Known Bugs below!!) You will see that a lot of applications and plugins/applets will not compile successfully, due to the fact that they are not ported to this platform. @@ -109,6 +108,25 @@ to get a working configuration to start with. (The missing apps/plugins will be ported on demand.) +Known Bugs (compilation problems): +----------- +The Apple-Linker does not load indirect linked libraries automatically ( if somebody +has a solution here, please inform me !!), therefore I had to add "-lopiedb2" and "-lqpe" +for applications/libraries who used libraries which are linked against them. +A goot solution would be to add it in the project files of these application, but this would +influence the linux-platform as well... :( +As a first (but stupid) solution, I added this linker parameter to the global "include.pro" +which adds them for everything.. Yes, also for libqpe etc.. +Therefore this project will not compile out of the box. You have to compile in a two-pass way: + +Pass 1: Find the line "LIBS += -lopiedb2 -lqpe" in the file include.pro and comment out it (put a "#" + in front of it) + Do a "make -k" to compile what is already compileable (some will not compile) +Pass 2: Remove the comment from Pass1 and do a "make". The rest should compile now successfully. + + +I know, this is a silly solution ! But I don't have anything better without influence the Linux build +process too much .. I would be happy, if somebody could help me here ! SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR USERS OF PANTHER ---------------------------------------- |