# HG changeset patch # User cannam # Date 1253614081 0 # Node ID 2fc6456b1c715eabd021a5d51ae2f4802c46f679 # Parent 2e16d99867bd4645700fcccc0766ca555df20cfa * note about install_name diff -r 2e16d99867bd -r 2fc6456b1c71 build/README.osx --- a/build/README.osx Tue Sep 22 10:02:56 2009 +0000 +++ b/build/README.osx Tue Sep 22 10:08:01 2009 +0000 @@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ Plugin Linkage -------------- -Vamp plugins are distributed as dynamic libraries (.dylib). A -well-packaged Vamp plugin library should export exactly one public +Vamp plugins are distributed as dynamic libraries (.dylib). An OS/X +dynamic library has a formal installed name, which is recorded in the +library's header: you will need to ensure that this matches the +plugin's filename (e.g. vamp-example-plugins.dylib) by using the +-install_name option at link time. The Makefile.osx provided +with the SDK contains an example of this. + +A well-packaged Vamp plugin library should export exactly one public symbol, namely the Vamp API entry point vampGetPluginDescriptor. The default for the OS/X linker is to export all of the symbols in the