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GCC Without Xcode (Script)

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2011-08-11 @ 16:08

Hello Brewers,

I have been using GCC without Xcode for a couple of years by manually 
extracting packages with Pacifist then merging them into / and have 
extensive knowledge of the problem. I have written a script to automate 
the process to help others. Please read the README in full.

https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/gcc-without-xcode

Thought, I have been contemplating writing it for a while, since manual 
extraction and filtering is time consuming, I give osx-gcc-installer, 
which I have noticed a couple of days ago, credit for being the catalyst. 
The author of osx-gcc-installer has good intentions, but the project is 
flawed:

1) Despite being one of the most aggressive copyright enforcers on the 
planet, the author is wilfully distributing copyrighted Apple code without
Apple's permission, not just GCC, and has repeatedly stated that he hopes 
that they will not see it. GitHub is not a backwater web site where it 
will go unnoticed. While I do not believe that Apple seek to alienate web 
developers, lawyers are lawyers, and GitHub will receive a DMCA cease and 
desist letter; the project will be deleted. 

2) If the author complies with Apple's copyright and no longer distributes
the pre-built packages, then users will make acquaintance with 
PackageMaker, and it will not be a happy one.

3) The user will have to download Pacifist or learn the package format and
extract with xar, gzip, and cpio PackageMaker.app from 
/Applications/Install 
Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/Packages/DeveloperTools.pkg/Applications/Utilities/.

4) Assuming the package builds and is successfully installed, users will 
learn that many Homebrew formulas will refuse to build because quite a few
headers are missing. For example, trying to install pianobar to listen to 
Pandora will fail because headers from CoreAudio.pkg are missing. The user
will spend hours trying figure what missing files from what packages are 
needed. 

I have attempted to edit GCC-10.7.pmdoc to add missing SDKs mainly to test
the latest PackageMaker, and I was disappointed to learn that PackageMaker
is still a blob of festering diarrhoea. It is unacceptably buggy; it 
forgets settings, has rendering issues, the package tree gets corrupted, 
and it is very crash prone. After 14 crashes, I gave priority to my mental
health.

Apple demand that developers create self-contained Foobar.app, and they 
themselves do not use PackageMaker to package Mac OS X and applications in
favour of automated scripts. Thus, I suspect they do not bother to test 
it. 

5) Even if PackageMaker were not crash prone, it is not easy to strip 
Xcode cruft from packages because PackageMaker forgets check marks; so, 
some rubbish is installed.

6) The Xcode uninstaller will leave cruft behind.

-- Sorin Ionescu

On 11 Aug 2011, at 17:08, sorin.ionescu@gmail.com wrote:

> I have been using GCC without Xcode for a couple of years by manually 
extracting packages with Pacifist then merging them into / and have 
extensive knowledge of the problem. I have written a script to automate 
the process to help others. Please read the README in full.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are proposing compared to the Xcode installer
and/or that GCC package. If you're just providing information and not 
proposing anything, please ignore this message :)

--
Mike McQuaid
http://mikemcquaid.com

Mike,

I am not proposing. I have already created the proper solution to GCC 
without Xcode until Apple decide to provide their official solution in the
App Store. In the interest of not pointlessly repeating myself, I have 
linked to said solution and asked that those who care read the README in 
full and have commented on why the previous solution, what you call the 
GCC package, is flawed and should not be used.

Read the message again, or read it for the first time. :)

--
Sorin Ionescu

On Aug 11, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Mike McQuaid wrote:

> 
> On 11 Aug 2011, at 17:08, sorin.ionescu@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> I have been using GCC without Xcode for a couple of years by manually 
extracting packages with Pacifist then merging them into / and have 
extensive knowledge of the problem. I have written a script to automate 
the process to help others. Please read the README in full.
> 
> Sorry, I'm not sure what you are proposing compared to the Xcode 
installer and/or that GCC package. If you're just providing information 
and not proposing anything, please ignore this message :)
> 
> --
> Mike McQuaid
> http://mikemcquaid.com
> 

I'll try this one out. Since the other minimal solution, proved to be 
broken in many ways possible.

Thank you.  

--  
Birger J. Nordølum
Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)

On fredag 12. august 2011 at 15:38, sorin.ionescu@gmail.com wrote:

> Mike,
>  
> I am not proposing. I have already created the proper solution to GCC 
without Xcode until Apple decide to provide their official solution in the
App Store. In the interest of not pointlessly repeating myself, I have 
linked to said solution and asked that those who care read the README in 
full and have commented on why the previous solution, what you call the 
GCC package, is flawed and should not be used.
>  
> Read the message again, or read it for the first time. :)
>  
> --
> Sorin Ionescu
>  
> On Aug 11, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Mike McQuaid wrote:
>  
> >  
> > On 11 Aug 2011, at 17:08, sorin.ionescu@gmail.com 
(mailto:sorin.ionescu@gmail.com) wrote:
> >  
> > > I have been using GCC without Xcode for a couple of years by 
manually extracting packages with Pacifist then merging them into / and 
have extensive knowledge of the problem. I have written a script to 
automate the process to help others. Please read the README in full.
> >  
> > Sorry, I'm not sure what you are proposing compared to the Xcode 
installer and/or that GCC package. If you're just providing information 
and not proposing anything, please ignore this message :)
> >  
> > --
> > Mike McQuaid
> > http://mikemcquaid.com