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diff --git a/ports/darwin_dmg/README b/ports/darwin_dmg/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70d7d5a --- /dev/null +++ b/ports/darwin_dmg/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This directory contains the Perl script and supporting files to: +* Compile Parrot and Rakudo in a way that removes embedded dependencies on + the builder's home directory; such dependencies have been a problem on + Darwin. +* Package the compiled binaries into a .dmg disk image for Mac OS X. + Users can open the .dmg file, then just drag the Rakudo_Star folder onto + the /Applications folder to install. + +The process currently depends on first downloading the official R* tarball +for the month, rather than being part of building the tarball itself. This +may seem non-optimal, but it helps limit the chance of the binary varying +too much from a end-user's source build, and it keeps the R* release +manager from needing the same platform as the binary build person. Also, +it is the way I designed and wrote it before realizing there might be any +other way :) + |