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Message #27999
Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
When i looked into this a while ago, that is actually what Apple strongly
recommended/required.
Adam Wolf
On Feb 20, 2017 5:31 PM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/20/2017 6:27 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> > 2017-02-20 23:48 GMT+01:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Hi Wayne,
> >>
> >> if you really want to have this commited soon, I’d suggest to completely
> >> disable KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES stuff on macOS.
> >>
> >> I just had a look at the KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES stuff as it is now and
> I
> >> think it is broken anyway (back then when I changed the bundle stuff I
> just
> >> took what was already there).
> >> That’s just a guess, because I never used or tested it… so, if anybody
> did
> >> and it really works now, please tell.
> >>
> >> I will try to have a look in my spare time, but I can’t promise that
> this
> >> will happen any time soon.
> >> I am very busy with non-KiCAD family things right now and there’s not a
> lot
> >> of time left.
> >>
> >> As I said in my previous mail, I don’t think that this kind of
> scripting is
> >> just a matter of copying some lib around.
> >> There needs to be some concept/idea how to do this nicely (or, at least
> >> somewhat user friendly) with app bundles.
> >>
> >> How is this done on Windows?
> >> You also don’t have a global filesystem with one Python there where you
> just
> >> copy it into the right place… where does the Windows installer put those
> >> files and how do you use them from some installed Python? Are there
> issues
> >> with library paths of the library dependencies that come with KiCAD when
> >> used from an external Python?
> >>
> >
> > I am not aware of any issues with it on windows, but I don't really use
> windows.
> >
> > People have requested to include pip with the windows install, and
> > that is done now, so I assume that at least something works.
> >
> > I am not sure if the user uses the shell inside pcbnew or calls the
> > python bundled with the installer. The file system layout is basically
> > as on linux, just inside the install destination folder.
>
> Would something like this work on osx rather than trying to fit into an
> existing python install? It might prove to be more reliable. At least
> you would always have a known python build.
>
> >
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernhard
> >>
> >> On 20 Feb 2017, at 21:50, Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Wayne,
> >>
> >> I have already sent my concerns and what i am stuck on and have had no
> >> response so at this point i am unable to help sorry
> >>
> >> On 21 February 2017 at 07:28, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Simon,
> >>
> >> I'm going to commits Dick's original patch as soon as possible. I want
> >> to know if you (or anyone else who can fix the osx part of this) will be
> >> available to fix the osx part of this before I commit it to minimize the
> >> amount of time we have broken builds for osx.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >>
> >> On 2/13/2017 9:24 AM, Simon Wells wrote:
> >>
> >> Error copying file "_pcbnew.kiface" to "_pcbnew.so".
> >>
> >> attached is dicks patch with my changes
> >>
> >> On 14 February 2017 at 03:15, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/12/2017 5:15 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12 Feb 2017, at 22:18, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/12/2017 5:37 AM, Simon Wells wrote:
> >>
> >> i am stuck on the below as i do not understand whats trying to be
> >> achieved doing this
> >>
> >> # For phase 1, copy _pcbnew.kiface to the python module. line onward
> >> (line 733ish)
> >>
> >> until the end of the if, and its broken for me.
> >>
> >>
> >> It should just be a copy of the _pcbnew.kiface to the python library
> >> with the correct python extension for python to a folder where python
> >> can find it. I'm not sure what the file extension is or where the
> >> python library install path is in osx. I can check with Dick but I'm
> >> pretty sure by looking at the patch that is what it does.
> >>
> >>
> >> Did this (I guess it is using pcbnew stuff from machines python
> >> installation, not the python form inside pcbnew) ever work on macOS?
> >>
> >> That doesn’t really make sense on macOS with application bundles (IMHO).
> >> The install step is just an intermediate step to create the initial
> bundle
> >> on the build machine.
> >> If you install it to some python folder on the build machine, it won’t
> get
> >> anywhere on a users machine when installing (== copying) the bundle (the
> >> bundle is not more than a folder, so you don’t really “install”
> anything).
> >>
> >> One thing would probably be to create an own installer/bundle for this
> >> python stuff, which puts things in the right places on the destination
> >> machine. I don’t know if this is easily possible, because you could have
> >> more than one python installed and I don’t know about paths in libs.
> >> Or, put it inside the bundle and let user handle it on his own (by
> >> symlinking, whatever…).
> >>
> >> Same fun will come up on Linux with AppImage stuff (and the other
> similar
> >> approaches)…
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernhard
> >>
> >>
> >> Please send me the build output for the build failure with this patch.
> >> Dick offered to try to resolve it but he needs the build log.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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References
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Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-01-26
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-02
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Simon Wells, 2017-02-03
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-03
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-09
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Simon Wells, 2017-02-12
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-12
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Bernhard Stegmaier, 2017-02-12
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-13
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Simon Wells, 2017-02-13
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-20
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Simon Wells, 2017-02-20
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Bernhard Stegmaier, 2017-02-20
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Nick Østergaard, 2017-02-20
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Re: Patch to compile _pcbnew.kiface only once
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2017-02-20