From 21533227e7c437d2a0629dd2da42b9428c78f3ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:36:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update VBM and LiveTrax packaging, exclude MIDNAM

---
 tools/linux_packaging/build   | 13 +++++++++----
 tools/osx_packaging/osx_build |  4 ++--
 tools/x-win/package.sh        |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/build b/tools/linux_packaging/build
index 3071ac7867..ae534cd856 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/build
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/build
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ mkdir -p $Themes
 mkdir -p $Locale
 mkdir -p $Surfaces
 mkdir -p $MidiMaps
-mkdir -p $PatchFiles
 mkdir -p $LuaScripts
 mkdir -p $MackieControl
 mkdir -p $OSC
@@ -257,6 +256,10 @@ mkdir -p $Panners
 mkdir -p $Backends
 mkdir -p $Shared/doc
 
+if test -z "$VBM" -a -z "$LIVETRAX"; then
+mkdir -p $PatchFiles
+fi
+
 # maybe set variables
 ENVIRONMENT=environment
 rm -f $ENVIRONMENT
@@ -377,9 +380,11 @@ done
 
 # MIDNAM Patch Files
 # got to be careful with names here
-for x in $BUILD_ROOT/../share/patchfiles/*.midnam ; do
-    cp "$x" $PatchFiles
-done
+if test -z "$VBM" -a -z "$LIVETRAX"; then
+	for x in $BUILD_ROOT/../share/patchfiles/*.midnam ; do
+		cp "$x" $PatchFiles
+	done
+fi
 
 # Lua Scripts Files
 # got to be careful with names here
diff --git a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
index 6d5c3da6f5..a60f4fbfc4 100755
--- a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
+++ b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ mkdir -p $OSC
 mkdir -p $LuaScripts
 mkdir -p $Themes
 
-if test -z "$VBM"; then
+if test -z "$VBM" -a -z "$LIVETRAX"; then
 mkdir -p $PatchFiles
 fi
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ done
 
 # MIDNAM Patch Files
 # got to be careful with names here
-if test -z "$VBM"; then
+if test -z "$VBM" -a -z "$LIVETRAX"; then
 	for x in $BUILD_ROOT/../share/patchfiles/*.midnam ; do
 		cp "$x" $PatchFiles
 	done
diff --git a/tools/x-win/package.sh b/tools/x-win/package.sh
index 1c06769963..9d14d62221 100755
--- a/tools/x-win/package.sh
+++ b/tools/x-win/package.sh
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ cp gtk2_ardour/icons/cursor_square/* $DESTDIR/share/${LOWERCASE_DIRNAME}/icons/
 echo " === bundle completed, cleaning up"
 ./waf uninstall
 find $DESTDIR -name "*.dll.a" -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm
+
+# no need for MIDNAM
+if test -n "$VBM" -o test -n "$LIVETRAX"; then
+	rm -rf $DESTDIR/share/*/patchfiles
+fi
+
 echo " === complete"
 du -sh $DESTDIR