[Adium-devl] libglib.framework

[Colin Barrett]

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On Jan 1, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Devraj Mukherjee wrote:

> Hi Elliott,
>
> Thanks for the detailed response. Will try that out rtool. Managed to
> fetch libpurple via svn and build it using the command line tools.
>
> Also, how well does libpurple support of the Jabber protocol? The
> application we are looking at developing will use Jabber to
> communicate and libpurple may infact be suitable for what we are
> doing.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 9:15 AM, Elliott Harris <excitebike at mac.com> wrote:
>> Hiya,
>>
>> I doubt you'll find anything specifically for Linux->OS X, but  
>> Apple does
>> offer some documentation for UNIX developers here:
>>
>> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/ 
>> PortingUnix/intro/chapter_1_section_1.html
>>
>> libglib.framework is actually generated by a tool written by  
>> Augie, one of
>> our developers, with some small help from myself. It leverages  
>> rtool to
>> create frameworks out of every Linux-styled dependency we need
>> automatically.  The entire thing is python script that checkouts  
>> the version
>> we need (from a file listing the location of the version on the web),
>> untars/rars/gzips it, and uses the native build process (make,  
>> etc.) to
>> create a native installation, then we use rtool to relocate that
>> installation into a framework. It certainly isn't very pretty or  
>> mac-like at
>> all, but the end result is wonderful. Unfortunately, not  
>> everything works
>> perfectly. We've run into situations where we've had to patch  
>> things for
>> them to work correctly, and even situations where we've had to get  
>> really
>> hacky to get universal binaries to work correctly.
>>
>> If you want to know more about the process you can checkout Adium  
>> 1.2 from
>> svn. Inside, you'll find the entire project, but the
>> ./Utilities/dep-build-scripts/ folder would be worth looking at.  
>> You can
>> then use these as a stepping point to building your own libraries.  
>> One
>> tricky thing about this entire process is how dependencies work.  
>> Since we
>> are rewriting the headers for the installed library, we also have  
>> to rewrite
>> the location of the dependencies. In this case, that means all the
>> dependencies must be turned into frameworks (frameworkized as we  
>> say) and
>> referenced correctly. This should all be handled by our scripts,  
>> but it's
>> important to keep in mind going forward. This means that not only  
>> do you
>> need libglib, but also all of its dependencies frameworkized.
>>
>> As far as GPL goes, I'm pretty sure if you are GPL it's completely  
>> kosher,
>> but then again I'm no license buff, and someone else can field that
>> question.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elliott
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Devraj Mukherjee wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have been trying to port some software to OS X, they were  
>> originally
>> written for Linux and depend on glib. I noticed that Adium does it in
>> a really neat way and provides libglib.framework (I am assuming to  
>> end
>> up using things like libpurple) and everything then compiles as a
>> project in XCode.
>>
>> Can anyone please point me to some doco that talks about porting
>> applications properly from the Linux world to OSX? Also assuming that
>> our code will be released under the GPL as well are we able to use  
>> the
>> libglib.framework provided by Adium?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> --
>> "I never look back darling, it distracts from the now", Edna Mode  
>> (The
>> Incredibles)
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