[macOS] Notarization, hardened runtimes, LCB, and executables

[David V Glasgow]

I have to say that this fills me with despair.  I try hard to  write serious, useful  programs, for fellow professionals,  but I am not a developer by trade or training.  I have a full time job, which subsidises my time using LC

The beauty of LC (and Metacard before it)  has always been how amazingly easy it is to write something genuinely useful and share it with others, pretty much irrespective of platform.  I used to just share with colleagues via DropBox.  

Now I look at an app I have developed and realise I have neither the time or technical ability to navigate through certification and notarization.  

Is this the beginning of the end for enthusiast developers?


Best wishes,

David Glasgow





> On 6 Feb 2020, at 5:22 pm, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 10:23 AM Trevor DeVore <lists at mangomultimedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> After packaging up the app I did a quick test to make sure the new feature
>> worked on my machine. It didn't. The error message was about some code
>> trying to execute that wasn't signed and some note about library validation
>> or something or other (I didn't write it down).
>> 
> 
> Actually, I did capture the error:
> 
> [13283] Error loading Python lib
> '/var/folders/px/g8hg_x_10697wwmdb9t3thd40000gn/T/_MEIT0IjWA/Python':
> dlopen:
> dlopen(/var/folders/px/g8hg_x_10697wwmdb9t3thd40000gn/T/_MEIT0IjWA/Python,
> 10): no suitable image found.  Did find:
> /var/folders/px/g8hg_x_10697wwmdb9t3thd40000gn/T/_MEIT0IjWA/Python: code
> signature in
> (/var/folders/px/g8hg_x_10697wwmdb9t3thd40000gn/T/_MEIT0IjWA/Python) not
> valid for use in process using Library Validation: mapped file has no
> cdhash, completely unsigned? Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed.
> 
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> Trevor DeVore
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