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#2468 make pkg for macOS to produce graphviz.pkg

Ilex Burfordii requested to merge Elaeagnus/graphviz:Elaeagnus-main-patch-8ac9 into main

This request defines a Makefile to build a macOS installer package. Its changes

  • updates macosx/graphviz.xcodeproj to build for Apple Silicon and macOS 13.5 Ventura and later.
  • adds macosx/build/Distribution.xml to define the contents of the graphviz installer package.
  • adds macosx/build/Makefile to build the contents of a 'make dist' distribution and package it.
  • specifies in .gitignore that macosx/build/Makefile should be tracked and graphviz.pkg should not be.

The resulting package file, when executed

  • installs the binaries and libraries of graphviz into /usr/local/graphviz. This helps to isolate the install from other packages installed in /usr/local.
  • defines /etc/paths.d/graphviz to add graphviz/bin to PATH.
  • installs Graphviz.app in the /Applications folder.

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