Re: XDarwin.app is installed with symlinks inside MainMenu.nib bundles, app won't launch.

On Mon, 21 May 2007, SciFi wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2007 17:12:54 -0600, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 May 2007, SciFi wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:44:22 -0600, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 17 May 2007, SciFi wrote:
>>>>> I'm totally out of ideas on this...

>>>> I'm not.  At least, not yet.  Please try the attached patch.

>>> Patch went on okay.  Still have symlinks in the installed .app bundle.
>>> :(

>>> I tee'd the stdout + stderr output to files for both make [all, not
>>> World] and make install to prove your new lines to the Imakefiles _did_
>>> get executed, as well the xcodeprojs did get rerun etc.  If you need
>>> this evidence, we probably should convert this into a bugzilla report
>>> for proper tracking & attachments etc.

>> `make all` won't do it.  `make Everything` minimum.  Then `make
>> install`.

> Bingo -- that did it.  Fresh .app installed and running without
> needing any hand-fixin', using it right now AAMOF.  :)

OK.  I've committed the change.  Thanks for trying it out.

> I could've sworn make-all did run your patched instructions.  But
> I see why make-Everything was needed to be sure this was done at
> an earlier stage.  I'm not used to Imakefiles, I feel they cause
> way too much unnecessary reprocessing.  Maybe I could've just cd'd
> to the hw/darwin section and remake things there to save some time.
> Oh well, at least it seems this bug is licked now.  ;)

`make all` doesn't regenerate Makefiles.  Thus the `make install` with 
those Makefiles would not include the symlink workaround.

> Thanks heaps.

You're quite welcome.

Now, is there anything else that you think needs fixing here?

Marc.

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