sigrok-cross-mingw: Update MXE patch to fix various issues.

[sigrok-util.git] / cross-compile / macosx / README

diff --git a/cross-compile/macosx/README b/cross-compile/macosx/README
index 22fc612625548c79d727ea3797a927e004b60b9c..2b863e35d991ff08babf68f81a4d685fe4ebd32c 100644 (file)
--- a/cross-compile/macosx/README
+++ b/cross-compile/macosx/README
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ Requirements
 
  - All requirements of the individual sigrok subprojects.
  - Homebrew (http://brew.sh)
-   Currently the script assumes that Homebrew is used and hardcodes certain
-   package versions and paths.
+   - Currently the script assumes that Homebrew is used and hardcodes certain
+     package versions and paths.
+   - You probably need to "brew link --force" certain packages that may be
+     available on your system (from Apple) but are required in newer versions
+     built by Homebrew: autoconf, automake, libtool, libffi (maybe others).
+     Without linking "libffi" for example, the check for pygobject3 will fail.
+   - We currently hardcode the build to use Qt 5.5 (not the latest available
+     version) in order to remain compatible with some older Mac OS X versions.
 
 
 Building
@@ -32,3 +38,11 @@ Per default it will install the compiled packages in:
 
 Please edit the script if you want to change any settings.
 
+
+Creating a DMG file
+-------------------
+
+ $ ./create_dmg pulseview
+
+ $ ./create_dmg sigrok-cli
+