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Re: Issue 504 in lilypond: lilypond broken on osx 10.5 x86
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Hans Aberg |
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Re: Issue 504 in lilypond: lilypond broken on osx 10.5 x86 |
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Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:14:25 +0100 |
On 16 Dec 2007, at 13:17, Graham Percival wrote:
You almost certainly have Xcode installed, though. Of course this
will
give you make, but we can't rely on normal users having xcode
installed.
Yes, in Mac OS X 10.4 one must have Xcode to get the compilers, and I
would think it is the same in Mac OS X 10.5. Even though Xcode may
come on the installation discs, one must sign up as an Apple
developer (which is for free) to get the updates, which is
recommended to avoid bugs. But if Xcode is installed, and LilyPond
compiles, it should be easy to provide binaries for distribution.
Also, I switched to using Xcode as an editor for text files,
including the LilyPond files. It handles Unicode characters in UTF-8
well, so it is all I need.
So, as for LilyPond, I think the starting point is to get it work in
the traditional UNIX sense with "make", and an installation in /usr/
local/. You might still use a traditional application-like
installation, putting all stuff in directories named /usr/local/
lilypond-<version>, and then one can set soft links or set
environment variables to access programs. This way one can easily
have several versions installed (like development and latest stable),
and it is easy to remove old ones, as it is all contained in a single
directory. I would not mind also having the latest documents in such
a distribution, as LilyPond gets frequent new updates, and it
simplifies getting the latest version of it all.
One idea that comes to my mind from a program called "modules"
<http://modules.sourceforge.net/>, is that one may have a program
called say "lilypond-version" that sets an environment variable,
selecting the lilypond versions to use. For example "lilypond-version
stable", "lilypond-version development", "lilypond-version cvs",
"lilypond-version 2.11.34", or whatever, and if the version exists
installed, it is selected, otherwise one gets an error message. This
way, one can easily try different versions.
And while it, perhaps another program, "lilypond-update" that checks
for new version, and in the long run makes the installation.
Just some inputs :-).
Hans Ã…berg
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