use Perl

• Bundling using PAR (Score:1)

  by blech (1597)

  Although not a CamelBones app, Blue Coconut [husk.org] includes a lot of Perl libraries. I use the following Shell Script step in Xcode to use PAR to bundle the required resources:

  pp -I ./perl_lib -p -o BlueCoconut.par BlueCoconut.pl && unzip -o BlueCoconut.par -d par && rm -rf build/Blue\ Coconut.app/Contents/Resources/perl_lib && mv par/lib build/Blue\ Coconut.app/Contents/Resources/perl_lib && rm -rf par

  Step by step: use pp (PAR packager) to make a PAR file for BlueCoconut.pl;
  • Re:Bundling using PAR (Score:2)

    by Matts (1087)

    I did think about PAR, but there's a chicken and egg problem with it. Since you can't pp to create a .pm that contains all your modules, only pp to create an exe, you need to to distribute PAR with your application. Same problem, different strokes.
    • Re:Bundling using PAR (Score:1)

      by blech (1597)

      Ah, but the way I do things doesn't require PAR to be shipped, because I unpack the PAR zipfile out to the application's bundle. All I need to do to make sure that the application can find the libraries is to make sure that's copied alongside the perl_lib folder in the resources, and then modify @INC:
      
      BEGIN {
    my $lib = File::Spec->catfile($Bin, "perl_lib");
    unshift @INC, $lib;
}
      
      Also, the use of (I think) -I means that I don't get a full executable, but a zipfile. (I really s
• Can I steal this for the CB web site? (Score:1)

  by Sherm (3537)

  Matt - great write up. Thanks! Is it OK with you if I copy it to the CB site? I'll give you credit, naturally. Or if you'd prefer, I'll simply add a link to this journal entry.
  
  BTW, the first step (removing and replacing the framework, and adding the "copy files" build phase) shouldn't be necessary with the latest 1.0 beta, released last week. I updated the project templates to use the embedded framework by default - I'll double-check to verify that the latest templates are included in the package.
  • Re:Can I steal this for the CB web site? (Score:2)

    by Matts (1087)

    Sure - feel free to steal it (and the .jpg).
    
    I didn't know the first step was already done - I simply followed advice found on the mailing list somewhere. Though you do have to do the "Copy Files" stage for the framework.