One small suggestion, it would be better if the read me files don't contain the release number in the name. This would be one less thing that would need updating with new releases.
Rick On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:52 PM P.O. Jonsson <oor...@jonases.se> wrote: > I have now arrived at a .dmg macOS installer that is building without > errors on Jenkins. I have adapted the naming so that is is now also > uploading to sourceforge where you can check it out. > > Background: Any macOS dmg installer conventionally contains the package to > be installed, any additional files/directores and a link to /Applications, > the users Applications directory where all „normal“ applications reside. > The installation process involve dragging the package and dropping at the > link, that is the complete installation process. > > To make the installer work I had to make one change in addition to the > naming; I realized that it is not possible (at least I failed it) to create > a symbolic link to ~/Applications, i.e. to a directory in the (at the time > of creating it, unknown) users home directory. I have created instead a > link to /Applications, the users „normal“ application directory. I have > amended the readme to this respect and explained how to install ooRexx in > any other directory. Everything works as expected after install, even the > man pages are detected. The macOS installer for ooRexx 5 now looks very > much like any other macOS dmg installer. > > If all (macOS) developers are fine with this I will leave it like this for > now. > > PS In the installer I have included a fresh copy of the documentation and > an additional instruction on how to create a sudo-free USB version of > ooRexx. > > Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse, > P.O. Jonsson > oor...@jonases.se > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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