Re: Homebrew formula (Mac OS)

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Hello Alexey,

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Alexey Muranov <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> this is just un update on how my adventure with opendylan Homebrew formula
> ended.
>
>
Thanks for the work that you've put into this so far. I have some good news
below.


> Here is my formula:
>
> https://github.com/alexeymuranov/homebrew/blob/add-opendylan/Library/Formula/opendylan.rb
>
> Please feel free to try it and comment if you are on Mac OS and using
> Homebrew.  It requires Homebrew's 'bdw-gc' to be (re-)installed with
> '--universal' option.
>
> To be able to use the formula, it is enough to drop this file into your
> /usr/local/Library/Formula (by default).  (After that `brew update` will no
> longer work, unless you do some Git tricks.)
>
> To install the latest stable version 2013.2, do `brew install opendylan`,
> to install the HEAD from GitHub, do `brew install opendylan --HEAD`.
>
> This will download the 2013.2 binary and the indicated source, build a new
> binary from the source using the old binary, install the new binary into
> Homebrew's Cellar, and discard the old binary and the build directory.
>  (The source and the old binary archives will be kept in Homebrew's cache
> directory -- see `brew --cache`).
>
> Due to a bug un Open Dylan, this procedure will not give a fully
> functional distribution, because the symbolic link to dylan-compiler
> installed by Homebrew into /usr/local/bin will not be able to find all that
> it needs.  A simple workaroung is to add the path to the Cellar binary to
> PATH environment variable, for example:
>
>     export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/opendylan/2013.2/bin:$PATH
>
> Then everything should work.
>
> ------
>
> My pull request to Homebrew (
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/27450 ) has been rejected for
> now until the following are fixed in Open Dylan:
>
> 1. should work normally when started through symlinks in /usr/local/bin,
>

I've fixed this on master, so 2014.1 will work normally / correctly.


> 2. should not require the 'universal' bdw-gc (64-bit build should work),
>

I'm pretty sure that all known issues with this are fixed in master, so
perhaps we'll do 2014.1 as a 64 bit release on Mac OS X.


> 3. the formula should build in Homebrew's Superenv (see
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/Acceptable-Formulae#building-under-superenv-is-best) -- currently it does not.
>

We need more detail about this.

 - Bruce

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">Hell=
o Alexey,</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Alexey Muranov <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">alexey.muranov=
@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
this is just un update on how my adventure with opendylan Homebrew formula =
ended.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the work that you&#39;ve pu=
t into this so far. I have some good news below.</div><div>=A0</div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex">

Here is my formula:<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/alexeymuranov/homebrew/blob/add-opendylan/Lib=
rary/Formula/opendylan.rb" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/alexeymuran=
ov/homebrew/blob/add-opendylan/Library/Formula/opendylan.rb</a><br>
<br>
Please feel free to try it and comment if you are on Mac OS and using Homeb=
rew. =A0It requires Homebrew&#39;s &#39;bdw-gc&#39; to be (re-)installed wi=
th &#39;--universal&#39; option.<br>
<br>
To be able to use the formula, it is enough to drop this file into your /us=
r/local/Library/Formula (by default). =A0(After that `brew update` will no =
longer work, unless you do some Git tricks.)<br>
<br>
To install the latest stable version 2013.2, do `brew install opendylan`, t=
o install the HEAD from GitHub, do `brew install opendylan --HEAD`.<br>
<br>
This will download the 2013.2 binary and the indicated source, build a new =
binary from the source using the old binary, install the new binary into Ho=
mebrew&#39;s Cellar, and discard the old binary and the build directory. =
=A0(The source and the old binary archives will be kept in Homebrew&#39;s c=
ache directory -- see `brew --cache`).<br>

<br>
Due to a bug un Open Dylan, this procedure will not give a fully functional=
 distribution, because the symbolic link to dylan-compiler installed by Hom=
ebrew into /usr/local/bin will not be able to find all that it needs. =A0A =
simple workaroung is to add the path to the Cellar binary to PATH environme=
nt variable, for example:<br>

<br>
=A0 =A0 export PATH=3D/usr/local/Cellar/opendylan/2013.2/bin:$PATH<br>
<br>
Then everything should work.<br>
<br>
------<br>
<br>
My pull request to Homebrew ( <a href=3D"https://github.com/Homebrew/homebr=
ew/pull/27450" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/=
27450</a> ) has been rejected for now until the following are fixed in Open=
 Dylan:<br>

<br>
1. should work normally when started through symlinks in /usr/local/bin,<br=
></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve fixed this on master, so 2014.1 =
will work normally / correctly.</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex">

2. should not require the &#39;universal&#39; bdw-gc (64-bit build should w=
ork),<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m pretty sure that all know=
n issues with this are fixed in master, so perhaps we&#39;ll do 2014.1 as a=
 64 bit release on Mac OS X.</div>
<div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
3. the formula should build in Homebrew&#39;s Superenv (see <a href=3D"http=
s://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/Acceptable-Formulae#building-under-su=
perenv-is-best" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki=
/Acceptable-Formulae#building-under-superenv-is-best</a> ) -- currently it =
does not.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>We need more detail about this.</div><div>=
<br></div><div>=A0- Bruce</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>

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