subsurface/packaging/macosx/README

Creating a Subsurface bundle
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install gtk-mac-bundler (this has been tested with version 0.7.0) and run

  $ gtk-mac-bundler subsurface.bundle

This should install a self-contained Subsurface application under
./staging/Subsurface.app

Sadly because of the way gettext accesses the gtk20.mo file, this fails
for localized use - in that case you need to rebuild MacPorts with
-prefix /Applications/Subsurface.app/Contents/Resources
And then things work correctly IFF the app gets installed with that path.

What a pain.

You still need to manually build a DMG if you want to easily distribute this.

 hdiutil create -volname Subsurface -srcfolder staging Subsurface-<version>.dmg

Caveats
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* You need (at least with MacPorts) to build pango like this:

  $ sudo port install pango +builtin_modules +no_x11 +quartz

Without the builtin modules the installed application fails to find the modules and doesn't render any text.
Also note the comment above about the -prefix

* It seems that gtk-mac-bundler expects the charset.alias file to be
  in the ${prefix}/lib folder which it isn't with the current version of
  MacPorts. The following fixes that:

  $ sudo cp /usr/lib/charset.alias /opt/local/lib

* libdivecomputer needs to be configured with --with-prefix=/opt/local
  (or /Applications/Subsurface.app/Contents/Resources for localized builds)