[Openmcl-devel] Mac portability

[Gary Byers]

was this problem ever resolved?
How are you logging on to the MacBook ?

On 06/22/2016 12:28 AM, ThutmoseIII Thoth wrote:
> Responses are inline. Thanks for all the help.
>
>
>> On Jun 21, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Chris Hanson <cmhanson at eschatologist.net 
>> <mailto:cmhanson at eschatologist.net>> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2016, at 12:59 PM, ThutmoseIII Thoth 
>> <thutmosethree at gmail.com <mailto:thutmosethree at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ll respond inline to RG’s questions and add a little more info as 
>>> well.
>>>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Ron Garret <ron at flownet.com 
>>>> <mailto:ron at flownet.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Impossible to say without more info.
>>>>
>>>> What are the models of mac?
>>> I built these programs with a Mac Mini (2014)
>>> I am trying to run them on a macbook pro (2012)
>>>>
>>>> What version of the OS?
>>>  built these programs with OSX 10.11.4
>>> I am trying to run these programs on OSX 10.10.5
>>>>
>>>> What version of CCL?
>>> I built them with 1.11
>>> It should at least be 1.10 but probably 1.11 — how would I verify 
>>> via evaluation in the backtrace?
>>>>
>>>> What is the minimal code that allows you to reproduce the problem?
>>> http://paste.lisp.org/display/318856#1
>>>> rg
>>
>> (Please put the traditional line of white space between what you're 
>> quoting and your own reply, it'll make your reply easier to read. 
>> Thanks.)
>>
>> How are you generating a Mac .app bundle from CCL?
>
> I am generating the app bundle via “The application builder” — the 
> function ccl::build-application to be precise.
>
>>
>>> To transfer my programs, I am copying and pasting the folders to a 
>>> flash drive. My eventual goal is to get these programs on the App 
>>> Store, what other information will be useful there, and how can I 
>>> test these programs on different OSX versions?
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the help.
>>
>> How is your flash drive formatted, as HFS+ or as another volume 
>> format? If it's not HFS+ it could be that something isn't coming 
>> through fully.
>
> Instead of using a flash drive, I also copied everything via ‘scp’ but 
> still got the same error message.
>
>>
>> Also, are the applications you're building properly sandboxed and 
>> signed? They'll need to be in order to be accepted on the App Store, 
>> and you'll need a way to accommodate this.
>
> Thanks for the info, I’ll definitely be looking into this once I can 
> at least get this to work on my other Mac.
>
>>
>> To test on other (I assume you mean older) versions of macOS, you'll 
>> need a developer account, and to visitdeveloper.apple.com 
>> <http://developer.apple.com/>to get download codes for those 
>> versions, download them from the App Store, and then install them in 
>> virtual machines for testing. VM software will usually walk you 
>> through this.
>>
>> If you want to make media from a macOS installer (for future or 
>> offline use) there's a Knowledge Base article on using the 
>> "createinstallmedia" tool to do so.
>>
>> Note also that a given Mac can't boot an OS older than the one with 
>> which it shipped, because that OS may not have drivers for its 
>> specific hardware. If your Mac mini shipped with OS X 10.10.3, it 
>> can't run 10.7 or even 10.10.1 without a VM, for example.
>>
>>   -- Chris
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