Re: GSoC Enquiry: Improving binary packaging

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 8 June 2013 14:17, Michael Goffioul <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From this, I think a realistic target could be to start from jwe's MXE and
>> make it able to compile octave (and deps) for:
> [snip]
>> - OS X, native (using what compiler? Xcode? GCC?)
>> - OS X, cross-compile (?): here, I'm not even sure this is possible
> 
> I don't believe it's possible to compile at all for Mac OS X without
> clicking an "I Agree" button written by Apple or its moral equivalent.
> So perhaps the best that can be done is using MXE for a native build
> on Mac OS X, but this will require installing Xcode or its
> stripped-down version. This means that anyone who wants to compile for
> Mac OS X needs to agree being spied upon by Apple and agree to Apple's
> NDA legalese, unless this legalese has changed since last time I saw
> it.
> 
> A program that can automate building app bundles or .dmg files for Mac
> OS X should be part of this project.
> 
> - Jordi G. H.

Jordi,

Apparently, I'm not keeping up ... What benefit is MXE on MacOS X if Xcode is 
needed?

Ben