Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-doc.texi: Add information on compiling source code on Mac OS X

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

On 14 August 2015 at 17:09, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 14, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>
>> On 7 August 2015 at 21:57, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Add information on compiling source code on Mac OS X
>>> to the documentation.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: John Arbuckle <programmingkidx@gmail.com>
>>
>>> ---
>>> qemu-doc.texi |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>> 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
>>> index 0125bc7..c059c49 100644
>>> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
>>> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
>>> @@ -3021,9 +3021,47 @@ and all other qemu-system-@var{target}.exe compiled
>>> for Win32.
>>> @node Mac OS X
>>> @section Mac OS X
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -The Mac OS X patches are not fully merged in QEMU, so you should look
>>> -at the QEMU mailing list archive to have all the necessary
>>> -information.
>>> +System Requirements:
>>> +@itemize
>>> +@item Mac OS 10.5 or higher
>>> +@item GCC 4.3 or higher
>>
>> I think this should be "The clang compiler shipped with Xcode 4.2 or higher,
>> or GCC 4.3 or higher".
> Sounds good.
>
>>
>> We should have an @item about any library dependencies we need that
>> aren't provided by Apple. I think that's just glib, but it's been
>> so long since I installed dependencies for QEMU I forget if we
>> need anything else third-party. (We don't need to go into detail
>> about where to get the third-party libs, but mentioning the
>> dependency is helpful I think.)
> That is a really good idea. This is probably what a mac user will have to install
> when installing QEMU for the first time:
> - libffi
> - gettext
> - glib
> - pgk-config

"pkg-config"

> - autoconfig

"autoconf"

> - automake
> - libtool
> - pixman

> This is all I had to install when installing QEMU onto Mac OS 10.9 for the first time.
>
> I could put this information in its own section like this:
>
> Additional requirements (install in order)
> 1. libffi
> 2. gettext
> 3. glib
> 4. pgk-config
> 5. autoconfig
> 6. automake
> 7. libtool
> 8. pixman
>
> Each item will be a hyperlink to each item's web site. Does this sound right?

Yes, that sounds good.

. We could add a note at the end too:
"You may find it easiest to get these from a third-party packager
such as Homebrew, Macports or Fink."

-- PMM