Re: [patch] Updating info to build Abi Word on Mac OS X

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Xun Sun <xun.sun.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Fabiano,
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Xun Sun <xun.sun.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Fabiano,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Xun Sun <xun.sun.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Fabiano,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for looking into the aged document.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would rather place a link in the document to point to the following
>>>>>>> wiki page and maintain contents on the wiki page:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.abisource.com/wiki/Compiling_AbiWord_on_Mac
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO, build docs must be both: on the code and on Wiki. And both needs
>>>>>> to be synchronized.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not complain if someone is willing to maintain both.
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm. Okay. So, if I understand correctly, I want to delete build docs
>>>> from SVN and all information about build willl be kept in the Wiki? Is
>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A note on dependencies: there are packages that are required by the
>>>>> plugins and not by the abiword core program; e.g. boost for the
>>>>> abicollab plugin and libxslt for the latex plugin. If you list these
>>>>> packages as dependencies, might want to clarify which plugin depends
>>>>> on it.
>>>>
>>>> Ohhh Xun, you're right!
>>>> My fault! I'll fix it and then send again (but not in this wekeend).
>>>
>>> Xun, looking here, libxslt is dependency from gtk2.
>>> What you think better, compile gtk2 wiping flags or just nevermind
>>> about libxslt?
>>> (Okay, I'm a vicious ... and I can't comply with "but not in this weeked).
>>
>> One more thing, Xun. Even that I try to compile passing
>> --disable-plugins to autogen, boost is required.
>> Please, see: src/text/ptbl/xp/pd_Document.h:66
>
> Good catch. This piece of code is not in 2.8 stable series. Not sure
> if this piece of code is expected to depend on boost. If this is
> expected, the we need to state the dependency explicitly in
> configure.in.

According with Martin answer, I'll update configure.in :-)

>
> Can other developers comment? uwog, Martin, Hub?
>
> There had been a discussion on depending on boost back in 2007, but I
> could not find a conclusion there:
>
> http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/2007/Apr/0005.html
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I really want to update the Wiki too, but I can't. :-(
>>>>>> "AbiWiki" was closed for self-registrations to avoid spams. So, could
>>>>>> someone sign me up?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I do not have a wiki account either. Hope someone with access
>>>>> can help you.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> And now, with the patch!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano@fidencio.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Howdy!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just a simple patch in docs, explaining how to build the latest
>>>>>>>>> AbiWord's SVN on OS X.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The content from patches.tar.bz2 are:
>>>>>>>>>    - BUILD.zabw -> New .zabw file, that was exported to generated the
>>>>>>>>> new .html and .txt files
>>>>>>>>>    - mac_os_x_build_info_updated.patch -> Patch to be applied that
>>>>>>>>> contains the changes in .html and .txt file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks & regards
>>>>>>> Xun Sun
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks & regards
>>>>> Xun Sun
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> --
>>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> --
>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
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>>
>> Best Regards,
>> --
>> Fabiano Fidêncio
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> --
> Thanks & regards
> Xun Sun
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Fabiano Fidêncio