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--- projects:liflg:mojosetup [2010/01/26 18:06] – kratz00
+++ projects:liflg:mojosetup [2012/02/21 19:44] (current) – [x86 and x86-64 Support] kratz00
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 ======Problems======
-  * doesn't create a symlink which points to the startscript of the game (https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3129)
+  * doesn't create a symbolic link which points to the start script of the game (https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3129)
   * how can we launch a shell script from within the installer?
   * how can we copy the same behavior which is possible with loki_setup and the component tag (there is something nasty for the downloadable Postal installers done by Ryan)
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
   * no support for extracting Microsoft cabinet files (*.cab)
   * no support for extracting InstallShield cabinet files (*.cab)
-  * no support for extracting Descent 3 Mercenary archives
+  * no support for 7z archives (but there is support for *.xz files)
-  * no support for extracting Theocracy archives
-  * no support for lzma/7z archives
-====== x86 and x86-64 Support======
+====== x86 and x86_64 Support======
-If we have binaries for both architectures we build two installers, most likely we only have binaries for x86,
+If we have binaries for both architectures we build two installers, most likely we only have x86 binaries,
-in this case we will only make a installer for x86.
+in this case we will only make an installer for x86.
-It would not make sense to build a native x86_64 installer, if you need the 32 libs anyway to run the game.
+It would not make sense to build a native x86_64 installer, if you need all the 32 bit libraries anyway to run the game.
-  * since the installer itself is a binary, there has to be a separate x64 installer to deliver x64-game-binaries
-  * it's not possible for a x86 installer to detect if its running on a x64 machine (and install the x64 binary of the game)
+  * since the installer itself is a binary, there has to be a separate x86_64 installer to deliver x86_64 game binaries
 ======Worth reading======
-http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?61:mas:17:lindjbjfokpddaijpfbp
+Initial tech discussion about MojoSetup features:\\
+http://icculus.org/pipermail/lokisetup/2007-May/000810.html
+Documentation:\\
+http://hg.icculus.org/icculus/mojosetup/raw-file/tip/docs.txt
 ======Naming schema======
 <code>
-$GameName_$Version-$Language.$Special-$Patchlevel_$Arch
+$GameName_$Version-$Language.$Special-$Patchlevel_$Arch.mojo.run
 </code>
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 ======Installer Howto======
-   *check out the dummy: <code> svn export svn://svn.linux-gamers.net/liflg/trunk/mojosetup_dummy $DIRNAME-ACCORDING-TO-THE-NAMING-SCHEMA</code>
+   *get a clone of the LIFLG repository: <code>hg clone https://kratz00.org/hg/liflg/</code>
+   *create your working copy: <code>cp -pr liflg/mojosetup_dummy/ $DIRNAME-ACCORDING-TO-THE-NAMING-SCHEMA</code>
    *change to the directory: <code>cd $DIRNAME-ACCORDING-TO-THE-NAMING-SCHEMA</code>
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    *pack the installer: <code>
 #!/bin/sh
-NAME=`basename "$PWD"`
+NAME=`basename "$PWD".mojo.run`
 cp mojosetup* "$NAME"
 zip - -qr9 data/ guis/ meta/ scripts/ | cat >> "$NAME"
-sha256sum "$NAME" > "$NAME".sha256 </code>
+sha256sum "$NAME" > "$NAME".sha256</code>
 If anybody knows why the following does not work, please let us know:
 <code>
-zip - -qr9 data/ guis/ meta/ scripts/ >> "$NAME"
+zip - -qr9 data/ guis/ meta/ scripts/ >> "$NAME".mojo.run
 </code>