On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:32 PM, <mk-li...@email.de> wrote: > Hi Ben,
Hi Marko, > > On 26 May 2014, at 09:03 , Ben Cooksley <bcooks...@kde.org> wrote: >> This is because it was installed to /Applications/ within the >> installation jail (located at >> /Users/marko/WC/KDECI-builds/kconfig/local-inst in this instance). > Yep. > >> I've no idea how OS X handles applications/executables - but a >> solution allowing for them to be contained within the installation >> prefix is needed (whether assisted by OS X specific environment >> variables or through other mechanisms). >> >> I wonder how Macports, Homebrew, etc. handle this. > Well, MacPorts tries very hard to keep all files in a dedicated > tree. The default install prefix is /opt/local. But when installing app > packages they usually get also linked into MacPorts’ installation > folder at /Applications/MacPorts/. KDE4 applications then land in the > subfolder /Applications/MacPorts/KDE4/ which is why I would suggest > for KF5 simply to use /Applications/MacPorts/KF5. > > But well, this is not to be done on the KDE/CI system. There I would > suggest to place it below /Applications/KF5 for a start. > > >>> so, why don’t we send KDE’s apps to stg like >>> /opt/kde/install/darwin/mavericks/clang/kf5-qt5/kf5/inst/bin >>> for a start? >> That is what should be happening. The KF5 CMake logic is disrespecting >> the install prefix we are specifying. This usually doesn't happen with >> executables - Qt plugins are notorious for having this issue though >> (as projects try to install them into the Qt installation prefix). > Yes, I had spotted that myself in the meantime and already sent a post. > Normal executables are obviously placed correctly, only application > packages don’t get moved to where they should reside. For reasons stated above, application packages cannot reside within /Applications. If they need to reside within a separate directory, we'll need to arrange this - however it needs to be within the installation prefix. > > Greets, > Marko Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ Kde-frameworks-devel mailing list Kde-frameworks-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-frameworks-devel
