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diff --git a/user/hosts/macos.rst b/user/hosts/macos.rst index 057679b..885ad87 100644 --- a/user/hosts/macos.rst +++ b/user/hosts/macos.rst @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ .. _macos: -Apple OS X -========== +Apple MacOS +=========== Apple's OS X is fully supported. You need to download and install a recent version of the Apple developer application Xcode. Xocde is available in the App @@ -19,3 +19,30 @@ Prefixes of :file:`$HOME/development/rtems` or :file:`$HOME/rtems` are suitable. :ref:`prefixes` details using Prefixes to manage the installation. + +MacOS +.. _Mavericks: + +Mavericks +~~~~~~~~~ + +The RSB works on Mavericks and the GNU tools can be built for RTEMS using the +Mavericks clang LLVM tool chain. You will need to build and install a couple of +packages to make the RSB pass the ``sb-check``. These are CVS and XZ. You can get +these tools from a packaging tool for MacOS such as *MacPorts* or *HomeBrew*. + +I do not use 3rd party packaging on MacOS and prefer to build the packages from +source using a prefix of ``/usr/local``. There are good 3rd party packages around +however they sometimes bring in extra dependence and that complicates my build +environment and I want to know the minimal requirements when building +tools. The following are required: + +. The XZ package's home page is http://tukaani.org/xz/ and I use version + 5.0.5. XZ builds and installs cleanly. + +Sierra +~~~~~~ + +The RSB works on Sierra with the latest Xcode. + + |