Re: Framework distribution, aka Multilevel Frameworks
Re: Framework distribution, aka Multilevel Frameworks
- Subject: Re: Framework distribution, aka Multilevel Frameworks
- From: Marcel Weiher <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:01:32 +0100
On Freitag, November 23, 2001, at 12:46 Uhr, Dirk Theisen wrote:
I'd like to know how to build what I call "multi level frameworks".
I.e. I have several small frameworks that are used in a bigger
framework project I want to distribute.
So I want to put those (five) smaller frameworks under the umbrella of
the major one.
So an umbrella framework might be called for.
However, those smaller FWs are still usable in other projects and are
(eventually) being distributed. So it makes no sense to compile those
stuff into the major FW.
This doesn't seem to be possible right now, it certainly isn't
documented. If you check the frameworks that are used by the
Apple-provided frameworks, you will note that they have fixed install
locations. It would be nice if it were possible to specify a standard
search path for frameworks when linking, not just the slightly bizarre
@executable_path hack, which sadly has lots of other negative
consequences.
HowTo? Is there a similar trick as with putting frameworks into the app
wrapper? If not, why not?
Well, not even the mechanism documented in the System Overview works
yet, so I think this is simply a bug.
Marcel
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