[CMake] CMake 2.8.1 + Qt/Cocoa + OS X Problem -- qt_menu.nib not getting copied

[David Cole]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com>wrote:

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> On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:13 AM, David Cole wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The way BundleUtilities (that is, GetPrerequisites is actually doing the
>> work here) is designed so far is to check for run-time dependencies using
>> otool and similar utilities. However, CMake can't possibly detect that
>> qt_menu.nib is required since this file is loaded dynamically at run-time,
>> so someone has to put that information into GetPrerequisites. Since
>> qt_menu.nib is a rather recent addition to Qt, and most people use their own
>> scripts to accomplish this, it hasn't happened so far. Also, there's the
>> issue of whether one actually wants to hard-code such specific information
>> into a general tool like GetPrerequisites... The danger of creating a huge
>> number of unmaintainable special cases is quite big there...
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>> Perhaps one could devise a way for FindXXX/XXConfig modules to communicate
>> such requirements to GetPrerequisites using properties. This approach would
>> be much more modular and wouldn't require GetPrerequisites to be updated
>> every time a module changes.
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> As the primary author of GetPrerequisites and BundleUtilities, I'm gonna
> chime in here, even though I don't have time in the near term future to do
> much useful work on the topic...
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> I think that the missing *.nib files should be accounted for by adding the
> capability to BundleUtilities to copy *all* of the files in a copied
> framework. Right now, it copies *only* the actual binary dylib files to
> minimize the size of the resulting bundle. Clearly that does not work for
> libraries that depend on embedded resources that are in other parts of the
> framework. I would like, moving forward, to add the ability to say "copy
> everything" or "copy this list of extra stuff" for any given framework that
> gets pulled in because it is a prereq.
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> I'm looking at the simple example of a framework given here (Listing 1):
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> http://devworld.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFrameworks/Concepts/FrameworkAnatomy.html
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> What if we just add the Resources directory if it exist for the version of
> the framework being used?  In other words, if Resources exists, assume its
> needed to make the framework functional.  I've attached a patch that does
> this.
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> This would fix the Qt/Cocoa problem.
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> Then what if it was a further extension to optionally include more parts of
> the framework or the entire framework, like you are suggesting?
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> Clint
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Excellent idea. I will work with this patch next week some time and see if I
can't get it applied.

Thx,
David
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