[Mapserver-users] OT: Macs for development...

[Zak James]

Hi Steve,

I've been using macs for mapserver-related work for about 18 months or 
so. I find most unix stuff can be made to work, and all your common 
tools are available, but be prepared to do some extra work building 
things: OS X is mostly BSD, but it has a lot of weird wrinkles. There 
are some nice GUI tools built on top of the standard versions of gcc, 
gdb, cvs, and most other things you would expect to find.

As an added bonus, Mapserver does build out of the box!

zak
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Zak James
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca

On Jan 6, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Steve Lime wrote:

> Hi Folks: Anyone out there using macs as a development box? I'm looking
> to replace my current machine and drawn to the PowerBooks. I know that
> with the underlying UNIX guts you should be able to build MapServer, 
> but
> I'm wondering if other folks are routinely using os x with cvs, gdb, 
> gcc
> and other developer tools. Thanks for any opinions...
>
> Steve
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