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RE: "First Run" installation of Application support stuff?
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RE: "First Run" installation of Application support stuff?


  • Subject: RE: "First Run" installation of Application support stuff?
  • From: "Phil Barrett" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:32:31 -0000

> Moving these pieces to "/library/Application Support/myApplication/..."
> makes for a less intuitive uninstall since the user is unlikely to
> know which pieces belong to the application and introduces the problem
> of managing file versions.

It's OK for us to discuss where apps can find their prefs, utility files
etc, what about custom frameworks? I have several apps which share a number
of frameworks (and which therefore cannot reside inside an individual .app's
bundle). The way the link- and run-time systems operate, these frameworks
need to be stored in either a hard-coded location or a well-known location.
How does that square with drag-from-CD installation and drag-to-trash
uninstallation?

Or does someone have a link-time trick which allows dyld to find frameworks
using relative paths, such as in a sub-directory of the directory containing
the .app?

Or maybe even a trick to allow an app whose frameworks cannot be found by
dyld to get a chance to locate the frameworks itself and reconfigure its
link information...

Phil
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