So you CAN build an OS X app from another system...

[Richmond]

On 06/12/2010 12:28 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Richard,
>
> I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never 
> thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win 
> XP, building a standalone on a PC, zipping it and copying it over to a 
> Mac OS X Leopard machine. The standalone runs fine. Under which 
> circumstances doesn't the standalone run exactly?
>
> -- 
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> On 12 jun 2010, at 04:32, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> ...if that system is Linux.
>>
>> Earlier here we discussed the difficulty of making Mac builds from 
>> other OSes, and at the time we were focused on Windows.
>>
>> I just ran this simple test on Ubuntu 10.04:
>>
>> 1. Make a Mac standalone
>> 2. Zipped it
>> 3. Copied the Zip file via USB drive (FAT16, FWIW) to my Mac
>> 4. Unzipped it
>> 5. Double-clicked it
>>
>> RESULT: Ran just fine.
>>
>> Apparently since both OS X and Linux have the same Unix executable 
>> bit, it carries over across platforms.
>>
>>
>> I've been lusting after the Lemur UltraThin from System76:
>> <http://www.system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=97>

I'm not surprised: it looks fantastic.

My only worry would be if something went wrong and I had to open the case.

>>
>> Knowing that I can build for all three platforms from that system 
>> pushes a bit closer to getting one....
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Media Corporation
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