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Message ID: 1744     Entry time: Fri Mar 3 16:48:01 2006
Icon: Entry  Author: Alexandre Gauthier  Author Email: supernaut@underwares.org 
Category: Bug fix  OS: Mac OSX  ELOG Version: SVN 1668 
Subject: Makefile patch for OS X 10.4 
Hello,

I had trouble compiling elog on Mac OS X 10.4, and so, I hacked the makefile around...

I had to remove the -lutil flag that was passed to ld, for some reason. My guess is that it is not needed anymore with OS X 10.4... Also, the current install section of the makefile crapped out when using /usr/bin/install, I had to use install from gnu fileutils, which I installed through fink, which took precedence in my path... (/sw/bin/install), since bsd fileutil doesn't like the -D option.

For some reason, the paths to "install" in the makefile are either defined by the $(INSTALL) variable, or called directly. This seems not to be very consistent... In any case, I just changed it to use "install", no matter where it was in my path.

I'm currently hacking up something more elegant soon enough...

Also, I noticed that the binary produced was inconsistent and sluggish with the default wild CFLAGs, so I brought them back to something a bit more casual for Darwin. I used -Os because that's what Apple uses to build most OS X software. I also use -Os in my blackdog builds (which is an embedded PowerPC device) since space and memory *does* matters.

Well, here's the patch. I doubt it will be useful to anyone except for those who have gnu fileutils installed through fink, in their paths, and find themselves unable to build elog on OS X.
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Index: Makefile
===================================================================
--- Makefile	(revision 1668)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
-LIBS += -lutil
+#LIBS += -lutil
 CC = cc
+CFLAGS = -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall
 BINOWNER = root
 BINGROUP = admin
 endif
@@ -131,9 +132,9 @@
 	@if [ ! -f $(ELOGDIR)/logbooks/demo ]; then  \
 	  install -v -m 0644 logbooks/demo/* $(ELOGDIR)/logbooks/demo ; \
 	fi
-
+	
 	@sed "s#\@PREFIX\@#$(PREFIX)#g" elogd.init_template > elogd.init
-	@$(INSTALL) -v -D -m 0755 elogd.init $(RCDIR)/elogd
+	@install -v -D -m 0755 elogd.init $(RCDIR)/elogd
 
 	@if [ ! -f $(ELOGDIR)/elogd.cfg ]; then  \
 	  install -v -m 644 elogd.cfg $(ELOGDIR)/elogd.cfg ; \
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