R-app still has malloc error problem: how to implement analogue of redirect_bins for an aqua app?

[barracuda156]

Ken, hope you excuse me for tagging you, but this question is more about LegacySupport than R-app per se. The binary of R-app is sitting in R.app/Contents/MacOS; since it does not use bash, existing trick with bash script fails (I tried first without analyzing the case, and yes, it fails: the app crashes on start). Any idea what to try? We can live without aqua GUI, but it would be nice if we can fix it.

[kencu (Ken)]

a small shell script that launches the real binary after setting the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is likely your best option.

[barracuda156]

Replying to kencu:

a small shell script that launches the real binary after setting the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is likely your best option.

Can this be incorporated into the port though? (The problem with malloc is not 10.6 PPC-specific, as you know, so a general fix is desirable.)

[kencu (Ken)]

Yes, should not be too hard I think -- write one up, stick it in the files dir, copy it into the destroot in a post-destroot block and reinplace a holder for the ${prefix}.

Basically do the same as legacysupport does -- have it be used if configure.cxx_stdlib eq macports-libstdc++

If R calls lots of plugin code or small accessory programs to run, it might be messy though.

[barracuda156]

Replying to kencu:

Yes, should not be too hard I think -- write one up, stick it in the files dir, copy it into the destroot in a post-destroot block and reinplace a holder for the ${prefix}.

Basically do the same as legacysupport does -- have it be used if configure.cxx_stdlib eq macports-libstdc++

If R calls lots of plugin code or small accessory programs to run, it might be messy though.

Thank you! Will try to sort it out.