Re: [glob2-devel] Mac .app bundle done, sort of

[Kyle Lutze]

Ethan Tira-Thompson wrote:
> > That error, if I'm not mistaken, it when the data/ folder is in the 
> > wrong place. When it can't find what its looking for, it crashes.
>
> I also had some trouble with this earlier... recall this post from Jan 6:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg04587.html
>
> This patch supposedly made it into mercurial, I'd assume Kyle's code is 
> up to date as well, but you (Kyle) might want to double check that you 
> have it.  That patch was needed to be able to locate the data directory 
> within a Mac application bundle, and could partly explain why it wasn't 
> finding the files.
>
> Anyway, it's tricky because globulation does a bit of magic I didn't 
> quite get around to figuring out, which allows it to use the data 
> directory in the build directory even when you move and run the build 
> products from another location.  In other words, this allows you to make 
> a package which you think is self-contained, but it's actually 
> referencing build-directory resources which won't be found on other 
> users' machines.  :-/
>
> -ethan

if you're talking about the libs it depends on, libboost, libsdl,
etc. I already figured out how to bundle those in :)