201868 - Carbonize ASEncoder

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Andrew Thompson]

Mozilla has a general purpose AppleSingle encoder and decoder in
xpinstall/packager/mac/ASEncoder.

Now we build mach0/gcc only, we also have several .rsrc files in the tree that
are AppleSingle encoded. Working with these is a real pain, because there are no
 generally avaialble tools to do AppleSingle encoding. Presently the only way to
encode is to use MacCVSPro and check the file into CVS (which is not practical
as most people don't have a scratch CVS server to play with). Decoding is
somewhat easier as /config/asdecode was created to act as a command line decoder.

I happened accross the general purpose ASEncode in /xpinstall/packager. This
would seem to be a really useful tool for handling our Apple Single needs.

Accordingly, I just spend an hour or two Carbonizing it, and have it running on
Mac OS X (building CFM/Codewarrior, not gcc (yet, anyway)).

I'll attach patches presently

Comment 1

[Andrew Thompson]

Attachment: Carbonization of ASEncoder

Here are the C++ diffs.

In addition I'll need to check in a revised version of ASEncoder.rsrc and
ASEncoder.mcp.

Comment 2

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

We have asdecode.cpp in mozilla/config. How about making a command-line
asencode? It would be more useful, and could be run from makefiles etc.

Comment 3

[Samir Gehani]

We have nsAppleSingleEncder.{h,cpp} and nsAppleSingleDecoder.{h,cpp}.  I am
converting nsAppleSingleDecoder since the XPInstall engine requires it: see bug
202772.  I would like to eventually convert nsAppleSingleEncoder as well and
include a -DSTANDALONE_ASE option to build a self-test/utility much like I have
for the patch to bug 202772 for nsAppleSingleDecoder (builds standalone when
-DSTANDALONE_ASD is passed to the compiler or env).

Comment 4

[Samir Gehani]

Now that bug 202772 has landed you can build nsAppleSingleDecoder.cpp with
-DSTANDALONE_ASD and you'll get a command line utility that takes files/folders
and recursively decodes an AppleSingle encoded files.

Comment 5

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

What is the status of this bug ?
Can it land ?

Comment 6

[J.J. Enser]

ha ha ha... carbonize ASEncoder, that's funny. how can anything land when it's already dead and 
burried?

Comment 7

[Andrew Thompson]

This isn't really used anymore. We use Rez/DeRez instead.

That said, there's no real standalone Apple Single or Double encoder or decoder
in existance. If those kinds of files were more common, I'd suggest opening a
sourceforge project with this code and releasing it independently.

Suggest we close this WONTFIX

Comment 8

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

WONTFIXing as suggested.