Changes between Version 83 and Version 84 of MacBuild

Timestamp:

Apr 9, 2015, 12:21:07 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

charlief

Comment:

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MacBuild

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 = Building BOINC Client and Manager on Macintosh OS X =
-'''Last updated 4/8/15'''
+'''Last updated 4/9/15'''
 
 This document applies to BOINC version 7.4.42and later.  It has instructions for building the BOINC Client and Manager for Macintosh OS X. For information on building science project applications to run under BOINC on Macintosh OSX, see BuildMacApp.
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 git clone http://boinc.berkeley.edu/git/boinc-v2.git boinc
 }}}
- (You may change the name of the `boinc` directory to anything you wish.) See more information on [SourceCodeGit getting the BOINC source code].
+ (You may change the name of the `boinc` directory to anything you wish.)
+
+The command above retrieves the source code from the HEAD / MASTER (TRUNK) or development branch of the git repository.  See more information on [SourceCodeGit getting the BOINC source code].
 
  4. Run the script to build the c-ares, curl, openssl, wxWidgets, freetype, ftgl and sqlite3 libraries as follows:
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       -dev::
-          build the development (debug) version (native architecture only). default is deployment (release) version (universal binary: i386 and x86_64). 
+          build the development (debug) build (native architecture only).  Default is deployment (release) build (universal binary: i386 and x86_64). 
       -noclean::
-          don't do a 'clean' of each target before building. default is to clean all first. 
+          don't do a 'clean' of each target before building. Default is to clean all first. 
 
 The following arguments determine which targets to build
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 This will create a directory `BOINC_Installer/New_Release_7_4_42` in the `BOINC_dev` directory, and the installer will be located in `{path}/BOINC_dev/BOINC_Installer/New_Release_7_4_42/boinc_7.4.42_macOSX_x86_64`.
 
+The installer script uses the deployment (release) build of BOINC; it won't work with a development (debug) build.
+
+You can find the current version number in the file {path}/BOINC_dev/boinc/version.h
 
 == Code Signing the BOINC Manager Installer and Uninstaller ==
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 }}}
 
-If there is no `~/BOINCCodeSignIdentity.txt` file, then the script will not sign the installer or uninstaller.  For more information on code signing identities see the documentation for the  [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/codesign.1.html `codesign`] utility and Apple's [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/ Code Signing Guide].  
+If there is no `~/BOINCCodeSignIdentity.txt` file, then the script will not sign the installer or uninstaller.  Code signing is not necessary if you won't be transferring the built software over the Internet.  For more information on code signing identities see the documentation for the  [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/codesign.1.html `codesign`] utility and Apple's [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/ Code Signing Guide].