What's not happening at home...

Created by Mark J. Andrews (Creighton University) on February 20, 2008

...is amateur software development. No sooner to I promise my family NOT to bring my laptop home from work than I do what I've done many times: set up an account on my wife's eMac. I've tricked out the machine with a tool chain, but I've discovered a few problems:

1) I installed the DarwinPorts and MacPorts port management tools, only to discover they work with Xcode 3.0. So...

2) I downloaded Xcode 3.0 (1.1 GB) only to find it doesn't run on OS X 10.4.11, only 10.5. Remedy?

3) Download Xcode 2.5 (997 MB), remove Xcode 3.0, install Xcode 2.5, and discover that a) DarwinPorts and MacPorts don't appear to run with an earlier version of Xcode. What's more installing the smallest piece of ported software wants a command-line version of Subversion installed. So...

4) I find and download a Universal binary for Subversion, only to find it won't install. I have to find an earlier version.

Hmmm...this is a heck of a lot of work just to work my way through Michael D. Cooper's "Design of library automation systems: file structures, data structures and tools." Cooper was on the faculty of the information school at Cal and is (or has been) emeritus for some time. His website is down, so I can't download the accompanying source code to his book.

I think the Universe is telling me the only thing I should be doing at home is housework, baby-sitting and the Honey-Do list. I'm going to remove DarwinPorts and MacPorts, keep Xcode 2.5 around for drill, clean off the dock at the bottom of the screen, and use my wife's eMac to check mail a couple times a week. Sheesh, I hate computers.

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		What's not happening at home... Created by Mark J. Andrews (Creighton University) on February 20, 2008 ...is amateur software development. No sooner to I promise my family NOT to bring my laptop home from work than I do what I've done many times: set up an account on my wife's eMac. I've tricked out the machine with a tool chain, but I've discovered a few problems: 1) I installed the DarwinPorts and MacPorts port management tools, only to discover they work with Xcode 3.0. So... 2) I downloaded Xcode 3.0 (1.1 GB) only to find it doesn't run on OS X 10.4.11, only 10.5. Remedy? 3) Download Xcode 2.5 (997 MB), remove Xcode 3.0, install Xcode 2.5, and discover that a) DarwinPorts and MacPorts don't appear to run with an earlier version of Xcode. What's more installing the smallest piece of ported software wants a command-line version of Subversion installed. So... 4) I find and download a Universal binary for Subversion, only to find it won't install. I have to find an earlier version. Hmmm...this is a heck of a lot of work just to work my way through Michael D. Cooper's "Design of library automation systems: file structures, data structures and tools." Cooper was on the faculty of the information school at Cal and is (or has been) emeritus for some time. His website is down, so I can't download the accompanying source code to his book. I think the Universe is telling me the only thing I should be doing at home is housework, baby-sitting and the Honey-Do list. I'm going to remove DarwinPorts and MacPorts, keep Xcode 2.5 around for drill, clean off the dock at the bottom of the screen, and use my wife's eMac to check mail a couple times a week. Sheesh, I hate computers. darwinports \| macports \| ports \| subversion \| tool chain \| Tools \| uninteded consequences \| xcode Mark's blog Login or register to post comments 117 reads
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