David Leader wrote:
I really hate it when anybody asks you "Why do you want to do that?"
And I hate it when anybody quotes me out of context. It wasn't a rhetorical question, as you can see from the next sentence, "Whatever you are trying to build probably exists somewhere as a standalone installer". I sincerely wanted to know what the original poster was building. I am not about to go into details of building GD for someone who probably doesn't care and probably isn't every going to respond anyway.
The implication is I don't know what I'm doing and I shouldn't be doing it.
In many cases, that is a valid implication. People tend to find some blog page written for a Linux audience in 2008 and try it 4 years later with a version of Xcode that is two years out of date. They get stuck on step 13 out of 19 and come here to ask how to get step 13 working, neglecting all of those other details.
Well I have legacy Java Servlet-based web apps dating from before headless Java (1.41 or whatever) and rather than rewrite the Perl GD stuff I'd prefer to be able to keep running it. If it ran on Tiger (which it did) why not on now? Also, I may have to tangle with some advanced bioinformatics visualization software that incredibly (I hate Perl as much as any other sane programmer) uses Perl graphics. So I thought I'd see if it were possible. Or does Apple only do consumer fluff these days?
Call me crazy, but I like Perl. While this may come as a shock, Apple is highly focused on the consumer market. You can still write Java Servlet-based web apps if you want, but don't expect to walk up to the Genius bar or call support and find anyone who knows what you are talking about.
If you want help, the best strategry is to start your own question instead of resurrecting one that was abandonned by its author five months ago. Explain what you would like to accomplish, at a high level. Explain what you have tried, at a low level. If you encountered any difficulties, feel free to mention what they were.
