Fwd: conflict with macports

Mark Brethen mark.brethen at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 05:41:28 PDT 2014


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Z88Aurora Support <z88aurora at uni-bayreuth.de>
> Subject: AW: conflict with macports
> Date: June 12, 2014 at 5:14:38 AM CDT
> To: "'Brethen, Mark Douglas. (MSFC-ER41)[ESSSA]'"
> 
> Hello Mark,
> 
> we tried to get everything working from z88aurorav2/bin/mac, but there are
> several problems with the dylibs.
> Unfortunately, even with linking the dylibs not from /opt/local/lib but from
> .../bin/mac, those dylibs are depending on other dylibs and this is why they
> contain static links to opt/local/lib.
> 
> To get everything working without using /opt/local, we would have to edit
> every library like libgtk, libatk, libglib, etc.
> 
> At the moment, we don't plan to tackle this issue because of the massive
> time and manpower it would need compared to the limited number of OS X users
> with MacPorts installed.
> 
> The only (quick) solution at our minds is to use different opt folders and
> softlink them to /opt.
> Which of course leads to MacPorts and Z88 not working simultaneously.
> 
> Maybe we will get this working with an upcoming version, which could be
> switching from GTK2 to GTK3, but this is nothing which is to be expected
> during the next months.
> 
> I'm sorry I couldn't solve this for you, but my power is limited on this
> domain.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Stefan
> Support Z88Aurora
> Lehrstuhl für Konstruktionslehre und CAD
> Universität Bayreuth
> Universitätsstraße 30
> 95447 Bayreuth
> E-Mail: z88aurora at uni-bayreuth.de
> Internet: www.z88.de

He doesn't go into specifics, but it sounds like they're trying to use two sets of libraries?

Mark






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