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Subject: Re: gpsim & Mac OS X?
From: Craig Franklin
Date: 30 Sep 2003 20:26:34 -0500

Update config.guess and config.sub in gpsim to identify the system
correctly.  I think the copies in gputils are recent enough.

This will allow configure to finish.  However, there aren't any
HOST/BUILD specific configurations in gpsim, so it won't have any effect
on the executable.

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 15:22, Rick Mann wrote:
> It can be done, maybe, but it's very painful.
> 
> The biggest problem right now is that the configure script for gpsim 
> does not recognize the Mac OS X host info and stops processing. It is 
> possible to specify that information on the command line to configure, 
> but I think that might not be enough. I've asked the author to look 
> into it, but he's very busy right now and might not be able to get to 
> it for a while.
> 
> That problem aside, it's a rather painful process to get all of the 
> requirements in place before you even get to building gpsim. First you 
> need to get XWindows installed (http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/) and 
> the XWindows SDK (click the download link in the upper-right hand 
> corner, then from that page there is also a link to download the SDK).
> 
> Then you need to get gtk+ and gtk+extra. Both of these are available 
> from fink (http://fink.sf.net/). You first need to download and install 
> the fink stuff (utilities to help you download and build the packages 
> available from fink), then you need to get gtk+ and gtk+extra 
> (actually, you should do one thing before that). gtk+ is in the fink 
> stable releases section, and is available as a binary. gtk+extra is in 
> the unstable releases section, and the source must be downloaded and 
> built. An Cocoa app called Fink Commander might make this a bit easier.
> 
> Before you get gtk+ et al., you need to tell fink that you've installed 
> Apple's X11. You do this by installing "system-xfree86-42" (if you 
> download the beta 3 X11 from Apple). Do that first, then the gtk stuff 
> won't try to install yet another X11 on your system.
> 
> Anyway, all that's moot until gpsim recognizes darwin. I don't know 
> enough about configure to update it. Sorry...
> 
> On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 10:54 AM, Michael P. Rogers wrote:
> 
> > Sorry if this is an FAQ, but can it be done?  Has it be done?


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