conflict with macports

[Adam Dershowitz Ph.D., P.E.]

On Jun 12, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Mark Brethen <mark.brethen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 


I received the same email as you did.
I suggested that he could use MacPorts into /opt/z88 or something similar.  But, given this email chain, I will instead suggest using dylibbundler.