Firebird Embedded on MacOSX

Based on a document written by Fulvio, a while ago, I finally spent time writing a make file that will automatically create an embedded version of Firebird that will run on MacOSX as a bundle. All you do is make a normal build of Firebird Classic and then use this make file to create the Firebird.app folder which is set up in a way that allows you to access a database via isql for example without the need for a full framework. The make file detailed below was written for Firebird 2.5.x

To make a Classic version of Firebird for MacOSX:
./configure
make
cd gen
make -B -f Makefile.install

Then you can use the following make file to create an embedded version.

       FBE=../gen/firebird/Firebird.app
    BINLOC=../gen/firebird/Firebird.app/Contents/MacOS/firebird/bin
    LIBLOC=../gen/firebird/Firebird.app/Contents/MacOS/firebird
    OLDPATH=/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries

all:
    -$(RM) -rf $(FBE) ../gen/firebird/Firebird.app
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/Resources
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/Frameworks
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/Plugins
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/SharedSupport
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/bin
    mkdir -p $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/intl

    cp ../builds/install/misc/firebird.conf.in $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird.edit
    cp ../gen/firebird/firebird.msg $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/firebird.msg
    cp ../gen/firebird/lib/libfbembed.dylib $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/libfbembed.dylib
    cp ../gen/firebird/lib/libicudata.dylib $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/libicudata.dylib
    cp ../gen/firebird/lib/libicui18n.dylib $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/libicui18n.dylib
    cp ../gen/firebird/lib/libicuuc.dylib $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/libicuuc.dylib
    cp ../gen/firebird/security2.fdb $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/security2.fdb
    cp ../gen/firebird/bin/gbak $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/bin/gbak
    cp ../gen/firebird/bin/isql $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/bin/isql
    cp ../builds/install/misc/fbintl.conf $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/intl/fbintl.conf
    cp ../gen/firebird/intl/libfbintl.dylib $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird/intl/libfbintl.dylib
    cp ../builds/install/arch-specific/darwin/embed.Info.plist $(FBE)/Contents/Info.plist

    sed s'/#RootDirectory =/RootDirectory = .\/firebird/' <$(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird.edit >$(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird.conf
    rm $(FBE)/Contents/MacOS/firebird.edit

    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Firebird \
     ../libfbembed.dylib $(BINLOC)/isql
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicuuc.dylib \
    ../libicuuc.dylib $(BINLOC)/isql
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicudata.dylib \
    ../libicudata.dylib $(BINLOC)/isql
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicui18n.dylib \
    ../libicui18n.dylib $(BINLOC)/isql
  
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Firebird \
     ../libfbembed.dylib $(BINLOC)/gbak
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicuuc.dylib \
    ../libicuuc.dylib $(BINLOC)/gbak
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicudata.dylib \
    ../libicudata.dylib $(BINLOC)/gbak
    install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libicui18n.dylib \
    ../libicui18n.dylib $(BINLOC)/gbak
  
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicuuc.dylib @loader_path/libicuuc.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libfbembed.dylib
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicudata.dylib @loader_path/libicudata.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libfbembed.dylib
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicui18n.dylib @loader_path/libicui18n.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libfbembed.dylib
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicudata.dylib @loader_path/libicudata.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libicuuc.dylib
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicuuc.dylib @loader_path/libicuuc.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libicui18n.dylib
    install_name_tool -change $(OLDPATH)/libicudata.dylib @loader_path/libicudata.dylib \
    $(LIBLOC)/libicui18n.dylib


You can now tar a copy of the Firebird.app directory (and underlying), place anywhere on your system,
and set the RootDirectory in firebird.conf, or set the FIREBIRD environment variable to the relevant location of the firebird directory in Firebird.app, and your application should run if placed in the same directory.
I am hoping that this will generate some comments/feedback, as it is still under test at the moment.
Would Mac users like this committed to SVN? Should we produce a dedicated MacOSX embedded build along with the others (32bit/64bit/lipo)?