Linking Issues on MacOS X 10.6.5

[JSoftware]

Try seeing this page

http://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_and_S...pecific_issues

[Mario Donick]

Thanks, JSoftware, but I know this page. The setup described above was done after reading that page ...

[JSoftware]

sdl.pas says it does this:

  SDLLibName = 'libSDL-1.2.0.dylib';
  {$linklib libSDL-1.2.0}
  {$linklib SDLmain}
  {$linkframework Cocoa}
  {$PASCALMAINNAME SDL_main}

I don't know enough about the framework/library business to say what that means. Atleast it'll try to link to libSDL-1.2.0. Try to see if you can find some libSDL-x file somewhere and see if it uses some other version number. 1.2.0 should be the major revision number they use, but I could be wrong

[Mario Donick]

This was an interesting remark. The folder SDL.framework contains one 1,4 MB sized binary file, simply called SDL. Nowhere on my system is a file or a symlink called libSDL-1.2.0.dylib .

Creating a symlink with that name improves nothing.

[JSoftware]

Is there a libSDL-*.dylib?

[code_glitch]

dylib?? Is that like a SO file? If it is, I doubt it would be in the framework folder - they arent on linux anyway... Arent all those so / dylibs in really obscure places usually?

EDIT:
Ps. I see that macs still use 1.44mb floppies:

one 1,4 MB sized binary file

Need a cd drive? I have one. - a take on some person bringing a mac for ballmer to sign

Sorry - couldn't help it. I'm not a mac fan - but neither am I windows. Unfortunately I don't have a choice in the latter most of the time.

[Mario Donick]

Yes I think dylib files would be so files on Linux.

No, I don't have any SDL related dylibs on my system.

According to the availabe documentation, copying the SDL Framework folders into /Library/Frameworks should be enough to install SDL. But obviously it isn't. Argh!!!