[Interest] Qt 5.4 missing /opt/lib/libzip.dylib on OS X

[Michael Jackson]

On Feb 6, 2015, at 3:48 PM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday February 06 2015 13:12:32 Michael Jackson wrote:
> 
>> I am doing pretty vanilla C++ development. We use Qt as our base for everything. We generate a GUI for data analysis which gets distributed to users, *not* developers. Those users do not have MacPorts on their systems.
> 
> Evidently MacPorts isn't the most suitable choice in that case, and that's why I queried about the kind of development you're doing. 
> 
>> Every time I have tried MacPorts in order to get a redistributable product I have to bring most of the entire MacPorts system into the .app bundle including libc++ and libc which seems awfully fishy to me. Those are standard libraries that are on every OS X machine that is out there.
> 
> That's weird and shouldn't be necessary, but also a different topic.
> 
>> 
>> NO. The _proper_ way is that Digia's package is updated and corrected. Why do _I_ have to fix their problems. And why aren't they building on a completely clean OS X machine that just has the necessary Apple supplied compilers?
> 
> OK:
>>> That way you can use whatever bundling methods you use to bundle the Qt libraries with your products
> < < until Digia fixes their installer
> 
> I take it you have filed a bug report about this? ;)
> 
> R.
> 

Have not had a chance to file the bug yet. I guess it is one of those things that I am confused why no one else has seen the issue except me. Which is why I came to the list to make sure I had deduced the proper thing.

Cheers for the weekend..
Mike J.