Re: Re: [Caml-list] macosx, ocaml, findlib and extlib

From: Pietro Abate <Pietro.Abate@anu.edu.au>
To: ocaml ml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: Re: [Caml-list] macosx, ocaml, findlib and extlib
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:17:46 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061025021746.GA9938@pulp.rsise.anu.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <205351460610230712h664132acyad7025f1ef133fd9@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I've created two Mac packages for extlib and findlib and I've submitted
patches respectively against extlib-1.5 and findlib-1.1.2pl1.  As far as
I can see, these packages play well with the mac package of the ocaml
toolchain from inria.

For those who are interested, you can get patches and packages here.
http://users.rsise.anu.edu.au/~abate/macosx/

It would be great if these packages could be hosted somewhere more
official (hint hint :)) 

I haven't tested them very carefully ... so please let me know if I've
done something silly...

:)
p

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 09:12:44AM -0500, Doug Kirk wrote:
> Install the files on your Mac. Then use
> /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Package Maker (comes with Apple's
> developer tools bundled with OS X) to make a "Single Package Project",
> then click "Assist Me...". It'll prompt you for all of the files you
> want to include in your package (you can drag&drop from Finder), and
> allow you to specify target paths for each. Finally, it'll create a
> Mac OS X GUI installer for you to distribute to your users.
> 
> You can also make packages for each component and bundle them in a
> "Metapackage Project", which bundles several packages into a single
> installer.
> 
> 
> On 10/20/06, Pietro Abate <Pietro.Abate@anu.edu.au> wrote:
> >On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:14:54PM +0200, Daniel B?nzli wrote:
> >> Le 20 oct. 06 ? 04:02, Pietro Abate a ?crit :
> >> >Yes, this is the point. My users don't have big technical skills and
> >> >godi can be a bit too much for them. I'm looking at all in one
> >> >solution to install my software that targets non technical users.
> >> Why don't you distribute a binary then ?
> >
> >My application is basically a front-end (written in camlp4) plus
> >libraries, to generate ocaml code that then is compiled to generate an
> >application... The compilation process is all well hidden from the user,
> >but I still need the ocaml tool-chain to do the job. So yes, I'm going
> >to distribute the compiled version of my library, but this also needs
> >ocamlfind and ocamlc to be of any use.
> >
> >Something that I could do it to create a bundle with the ocaml
> >tool-chain, findlib and my application all together. Is that I've never
> >created .app on Mac and I still have to decide if this is the best way.
> >I've also to say that I don't particularly like to develop for Mac.
> >
> >Is the xml file (or scripts) that generates the ocaml toolchain binary
> >(.app) from inria available somewhere ? It can be a good starting point
> >to learn... is it in the ocaml source tree ?
> >
> >pietro
> >
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