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| author | Alexis Christoforides <alexis@thenull.net> | 2015-07-23 07:10:33 +0300 |
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| committer | Alexis Christoforides <alexis@thenull.net> | 2015-07-23 07:10:33 +0300 |
| commit | 48932dafb90d0388ac9f1cde8e78a5e02e17aa4f (patch) | |
| tree | 58681ee26bf31bdb0512a2e80bbb3693e10706a3 /README.md | |
| parent | d65bf4ac53b5be4605eea9d83b8f44a1ecdfeb91 (diff) | |
Rename README to README.md
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de54b9b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + +The Mono Mac distribution +------------------------- + +To build the distribution with the very latest Mono: + + $ git clone git@github.com:mono/bockbuild bockbuild + $ cd bockbuild/profiles/mono-mac-release + $ MONO_VERSION=4.9.9 ./mono-mac-release.py --build --arch darwin-32 +`MONO_VERSION` can be any number formatted as X.X.X. + +`--arch` can also be `darwin-64` or `darwin-unversal` (32/64 lipoed build). + +To build the distribution with a Mono from a branch: + + $ MONO_VERSION=4.9.9 MONO_BRANCH=mono-4.0.0-branch ./mono-mac-release.py --build --arch darwin-32 + +To build the distribution with your local copy of Mono: + + $ MONO_REPOSITORY=/your/mono ./mono-mac-release.py --build --arch darwin-32 + +To get a shell that uses your custom-built distribution (e.g. to build & run Monodevelop against it): + + $ MONO_VERSION=4.9.9 MONO_BRANCH=mono-4.0.0-branch ./mono-mac-release.py --shell + +Finally, to create a package of the distribution: + + $ MONO_VERSION=4.9.9 MONO_BRANCH=mono-4.0.0-branch ./mono-mac-release.py --build --package + + +Bockbuild +--------- + +bockbuild is a light-weight build system that can both build and shape bundles +for GTK/Mono applications on OS X. Building is easily supported for both Linux +and Windows as well. + +A build profile can be defined to build a complete jail of dependencies to +allow for locally running applications from source without affecting the +system libraries or other environment. + +It was initially developed to build all of Banshee's dependencies and shape +them into a .app bundle. + +solitary is the component that walks top-level components of an application +to collect all of their dependencies. It is technically a standalone component +that works against both native and managed code, resulting in a relocatable +application structure. Currently it only works for native code on OS X/darwin. |