###Introduction:
This document describes Codethink's plan for producing an installer for the Moonshot GSS EAP and SASL GS2 libraries for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) and 10.7 (“Lion”). The installer will include the libraries and all dependencies, and will perform any configuration necessary to allow the libraries to be used.
-The Moonshot GSS EAP library implements the EAP mechanism for use by the GSS API. The GSS API is implemented by the Kerberos which ships with Mac OS (but see Issues below)
+The Moonshot GSS EAP library implements the EAP mechanism for use by the GSS API. The GSS API is implemented by the Kerberos implementation which ships with Mac OS (but see Issues below).
-The SASL GS2 Library implements the GS2 SASL mechanism for use by the SASL2 library.
+The SASL GS2 Library implements the GS2 GSS-API->SASL bridge mechanism for use by the SASL2 library.
The document describes the goals, activities, deliverables and milestones for the development. It also gives some background on the intended locations of the files to be installed, system configuration modifications and any other pertinent information.
###Goals
Secondary goals are
-1. To allow users who are familiar with the autotools tool chain to install, as well as build, the libraries using autotools on a computer running Mac OS X. (This is currently possible for the Cyrus SASL library and plugins, but not for the Moonshot GSS EAP library).
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-2. To automate (as far as possible) and document the process, allowing Moonshot project developers to easily produce installer packages for future versions of these libraries.
+1. To allow developers and users who are familiar with the Mac OS build tools chain to install, as well as build, the libraries using these tools on a computer running Mac OS X. (This is currently possible for the Cyrus SASL library and plugins, but not for the Moonshot GSS EAP library).
+2. To automate (as far as possible) and document the process of making the installer, allowing Moonshot project developers to easily produce installer packages for future versions of these libraries.
###Deliverables:
1. Changes to files if required to allow the Moonshot GSS EAP library to be installed, as well as built, under Mac OS using autotools.
2. An installer package (or packages) that, when run, will install the necessary files to the required places in the files system. (See Outstanding questions/issues 1).
3. A compressed disk image file containing the installer package(s), which can be mounted to run the installer package. (See Outstanding questions/issues 2)
-4. Instructions and scripts for creating the installers and disk images from source. PackageMaker, (the tool provided by Apple to build installer packages - see Ref. 2) does not have a command line interface, and there do not appear to be any freely available alternatives which do, so it will probably not be possibly to automate the production of the installer package(s).
+4. Instructions and scripts for creating the installers and disk images from source. The scripts will use the [*packagemaker* tool](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/packagemaker.1.html) to build the installer packages and the [*hdiutil* tool](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/hdiutil.1.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/1/hdiutil) to create and to manipulate disk images.
###Activities and Milestones
1. Build and install the Cyrus SASL GS2 Library for Mac OS using autotools to prove this currently works and that it is a valid goal for the Moonshot GSS EAP library. Due Wednesday 16th November.
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-#####Cyrus SASL Library
-This library consists of the following files installed in the following locations:
+#####Cyrus SASL Library and GS2 plugin
+The following files will be installed in the following locations:
To be completed (See Outstanding questions/issues 3)
Plugins go in /usr/lib/sasl (which should be a symlink to /usr/local/lib/sasl).
#####Dependencies
The installer will not include any dependencies which are present by default in the installed version Mac OS X.
-For any dependencies which are not present by default in the installed version Mac OS X, the installer will install the needed versions in the /Library/Frameworks/Moonshot directory tree. It will not attempt to locate or use existing installations of these dependencies. This means that if such existing implementations are uninstalled in the future, the Moonshot libraries will not be broken. This decision has a cost in terms of disk space, but is justified because it a: decreases the complexity of the installation and b: protects the installation from potential failure.
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+For any dependencies which are not present by default in the installed version Mac OS X, the installer will install the needed versions.
###References:
1. [Mac OS X Developer Library, Framework Programming Guide, Installing Your Framework](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFrameworks/Tasks/InstallingFrameworks.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002261-BBCCFBJA)
2. [Mac OS X Developer Library, PackageMaker User Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/PackageMakerUserGuide/)
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