OS X Installer

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-07-23 05:37:24 -0400, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> said:

> Yes: http://www.dsource.org/projects/dmd-installer
> I'm still waiting for Walter to add the osx installer to the dmd download page.

Speaking of that OS X DMD installer, are you sure installing it at 
/usr/share/dmd/ is a good idea? Normally /usr/share is reserved for 
architecture-independent data[1], not executable files. What about 
/usr/local/dmd with symlinks in /usr/local/bin for executables 
/usr/local/lib for phobos and druntime and /usr/local/man for man 
pages. Or perhaps install /Library/D/{dmd,dmd2} so the files are more 
user accessible and easy to change if you got the zip archive (/usr is 
a hidden dir on Mac OS X).

If I'm not mistaken, both your D1 and D2 installer install at the same 
location and they will overwrite each other. I'd much prefer if D2 and 
D1 could coexist without having to go with a special installer or 
custom installation instructions. Otherwise it'll be hard for me to 
offer the choice between D1 and D2 in Xcode (and I certainly do want 
that choice to be available).

Thoughts?


[1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-4.11.html

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