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June 8, 2004
#ifdef and Mac OS X
There are a number of command-line programs and daemons out there that barf on Mac OS X, trying to treat it like classic Mac OS.
The cause is this in a source file:
#ifdef __APPLE__
/* stuff */
#endif
To avoid this, you only need remember that Mac OS X has its roots in NeXT (and BSD, by extension), and will respond to many things the same way NeXTStep would. To allow building on both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 or earlier, most programs simply need two lines added:
#ifndef NeXTBSD /* Allow compilation on NeXT and Darwin */
#ifdef __APPLE__
/* stuff */
#endif
#endif
Posted by Colin at June 8, 2004 3:43 PM
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