Changeset 32252 for gs2-extensions/xpdf-tools

Timestamp:

2018-07-10T19:05:20+12:00 (6 years ago)

Author:

ak19

Message:

Added some more links to readme

File:

• gs2-extensions/xpdf-tools/trunk/src/packages/GS-README.txt (modified) (1 diff)

gs2-extensions/xpdf-tools/trunk/src/packages/GS-README.txt

@@ -463 +463 @@
 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/844819/how-to-static-link-on-os-x (mention of -Bstatic)
 https://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/610923
-https://dropline.net/2015/10/static-linking-on-mac-os-x/ (explains that on Mac, .dylibs must be hidden for .a versions of libraries to be selected when linking)
-    This means that where possible we want to essentially do "--enable-static --disable-shared", or equivalent, when generating freetype, libz, libpng, libjpg, libtiff library files
-    so that Xpdf-Tools links against the .a files we generated rather than additional .dylib files 
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5259249/creating-static-mac-os-x-c-build (has some other suggestions)
+    http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/gccintro_79.html
+Dead end: https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/macos-doesnt-support-static-binaries/
+https://dropline.net/2015/10/static-linking-on-mac-os-x/
+    explains that on Mac, .dylibs must be hidden for .a versions of libraries to be selected when linking
+    This must be true for non-system dylibs too.
+    This means that where possible we want to essentially do "--enable-static --disable-shared", or equivalent,
+    when generating freetype, libz, libpng, libjpg, libtiff library files, so that Xpdf-Tools links against the
+    .a files we generated rather than additional .dylib files 
 
 http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/build.html