I recently generated a cross-platform runtime for a client who runs both Windows and OS X. Here’s some notes on the process:
- Generate runtime on OS X
- Generate runtime on Windows with same bindkey
- Combine two resulting directories:
- .USR will be duplicated (one is redundant)
- .exe had sticky bit set resulting in ‘One or more items have special permissions and cannot be copied.’ (permissions -rwxr-Sr--, chmod g-s xxx.exe fixed it)
- Note Windows Extensions folder has more items than Mac (so combine folder rather than replace)
I created a high level folder to hide the myriad of Windows files. So at the top level I now have:
- Solution OS X (created under OS X, alias to Solution.app)
- Solution Windows.lnk (created under Windows, link to Solution.exe)
- Documentation folder
- System Files folder
- Extensions folder
- Solution.app
- Solution.exe
- Solution.USR
- (40 DLLs)
The client clicks on the appropriate solution name depending what platform they’re on.
