Re: 2nd pass for Octave-3.6.1 app (X86_64 only) bundle for MacOS

[Thomas Yengst]

On Mar 4, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> 
> On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Thomas Yengst wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>>> I've had mixed results with the MacOS X86_64 Octave-3.6.1
>>> 
>>> The bundle worked on MacOS Lion on Core 2 Duo, or Core i7 with MacPorts 
>>> installed.
>>> 
>>> Also worked on MacOS Snow Leopard on Core 2 Duo with MacPorts installed.
>>> 
>>> In another case, It did not run on Cure 2 Duo with Snow Leopard.
>>> 
>>> Also failed on a Core i7 with Lion.
>>> 
>>> I've fixed a few bugs in the launch scripts, and made some minor 
>>> improvements in the DMG. The new version is below.
>>> 
>>>     http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14845154/Octave-X86_64-3.6.1.dmg
>>> 
>>> I've just started the uploaded of the dmg. I expect the upload to complete 
>>> within an hour of when I send out this email.
>>> 
>>> For those who had trouble with the first version, I'm particularly 
>>> interested in how this one works for you.
>>> 
>>> I'm also interested in hearing from anyone else, including those who had 
>>> success the first time.
>>> 
>>> When reporting, please include (1) MacOS version, (2) Which CPU your Mac 
>>> has, (3) whether or not you have MacPorts or Fink installed.
>>> 
>>> TiA
>>> Ben
>>> 
Ben,

For completeness, I tried this version on a vanilla macmini (Snow Leopard 
10.6.8), Core Duo, 32-bit only machine with no macports.
Got the following error on startup (it did get all the way through starting up 
though)

exec 
'/Volumes/Octave-X86_64-3.6.1/Octave-3.6.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/bin/octave'
home:~ yengst$ exec 
'/Volumes/Octave-X86_64-3.6.1/Octave-3.6.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/bin/octave'
/Volumes/Octave-X86_64-3.6.1/Octave-3.6.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/bin/octave:
 line 77: 
/Volumes/Octave-X86_64-3.6.1/Octave-3.6.1.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave-3.6.1:
 Bad CPU type in executable

guess that is expected given the CPU types that you had prepared the app for.

Tom