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[gaim-migrate @ 11393] Ok, this fixes up the m4 macro to what I think we want. I removed the thread checks, we never use its pthread support. Removed the /proc checks, so method #2 can actually work. Someone might want to check that it does work on a /procless or nonlinux system. So basicly binreloc is always enabled unless you disable it with a configure option, OR unless you set stuff like libdir (again, via configure) to something different than the others, such that deprefixification doesn't make sense (i.e. you're not installing stuff in its standard location within a prefix). committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
date Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:46:13 +0000
parents da88e2cd5c53
children 83ec0b408926
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Notes on keeping GAIM OS independant
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General
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- Use G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S and G_DIR_SEPARATOR for paths

- Use g_getenv, g_snprintf, g_vsnprintf

- Use gaim_home_dir instead of g_get_home_dir or g_getenv("HOME")

- Make sure when including win32dep.h that it is the last header to
  be included.

- Open binary files when reading or writing with 'b' mode.

  e.g: fopen("somefile", "wb");

  Not doing so will open files in windows using defaut translation mode. 
  i.e. newline -> <CR><LF>

Paths
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- DATADIR, LOCALEDIR & LIBDIR are defined in wingaim as functions.
  Doing the following will therefore break the windows build:

  printf("File in DATADIR is: %s\n", DATADIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "pic.png");

  it should be:

  printf("File in DATADIR is: %s%s%s\n", DATADIR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "pic.png");

PLUGINS & PROTOS
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- G_MODULE_EXPORT all functions which are to be accessed from outside the
  scope of its "dll" or "so". (E.G. gaim_plugin_init)

- G_MODULE_IMPORT all global variables which are located outside your
  dynamic library. (E.G. connections)

  (Not doing this will cause "Memory Access Violations" in Win32)