4. Building on macOS with masonry

In this chapter, we will discuss how to build VisIt on macOS using masonry. Masonry is a collection of Python scripts and JSON files that use build_visit, and other system tools, to create a macOS Disk Image File (DMG).

• 4.1. Setup
  • 4.1.1. Masonry Scripts
  • 4.1.2. Configuration
  • 4.1.3. You Might Have to Adjust your PATH
  • 4.1.4. What Can Go Wrong?
  • 4.1.5. Codesigning, Notarizing and Stapling macOS Builds
    • 4.1.5.1. Notarizing
    • 4.1.5.2. Confirming
    • 4.1.5.3. A simple test application
  • 4.1.6. Certificates for signing macOS Builds
  • 4.1.7. App-Specific Password
• 4.2. Running Masonry Scripts
  • 4.2.1. bootstrap_visit.py
  • 4.2.2. masonry_view_log.py