Get SBBS to compile on a Mac

sbbs-mac.md

Make sure you're using homebrew for adding libraries like nspr.

1. Need to specify clang so that SpiderMonkey will compile

   CC=clang CXX=clang++ make install SYMLINK=1
   

2. Required for SpiderMonkey versions older than 28

   brew install nspr
   

3. To avoid the "object file XXXXXX was built for newer OSX version (10.13) than being linked (10.11)" errors, type the following on the command line:

   export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13
   

4. Comment out line 73 of /src/conio/Common.gmake to avoid "unknown option character `W' in: -Wl,-rpath,@executable_path/../Frameworks"

5. Next, remove -lcc_dynamic from lines 91-92 of /src/sbbs3/GNUMakefile:

    MKSHLIB		:=	libtool -dynamic -framework System
    MKSHPPLIB		:=	libtool -dynamic -framework System -lstdc++
   

   (include -v if you want debugging output)

6. Fix duplicate symbol errors.

   Add "extern" to lines 225-226 of sbbsecho.h

   extern char* pktTypeStringList[PKT_TYPES_SUPPORTED+1];
   extern char* mailStatusStringList[4];
   

   Add "extern" to line 103 of scfg.h

   extern char* area_sort_desc[AREA_SORT_TYPES+1];
   

7. Fix library directories

   Prepend "$(SRC_ROOT)$(DIRSEP)sbbs3$(DIRSEP)" to "$@" for each library in GNUmakefile. Lines 120, 125, 130, 135, 140

   Example from Line 120:

   	$(QUIET)$(MKSHPPLIB) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(SRC_ROOT)$(DIRSEP)sbbs3$(DIRSEP)$@ $(OBJS) $(SBBS_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(SHLIBOPTS) $(JS_LIBS) $(CRYPT_LIBS) $(XPDEV-MT_LIBS) -lsmb
   

8. After compiling, to make symlinks, use these Mac-specific commands in /sbbs/exec/

   ln -s ../src/sbbs3/clang.*.exe.release/* .
   ln -s ../src/sbbs3/*/clang.*.exe.release/* .