[23 Jan 2010] Trouble with a Mac x86 Executable

[PEB]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:42:48 -0000

Hi Andreas,

I don't have a Mac, so I can't do any testing on my end, but I'm trying to compile a Mac (x86) executable for a friend. He says that he gets the following error message when he tries to run the program that I sent him.

"You can't open the application Test.app because it may be damaged or incomplete."

Any ideas what might be going on here?

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:10:28 +0100

Hi Andreas,

I don't have a Mac, so I can't do any testing on my end, but I'm trying to compile a Mac (x86) executable for a friend. He says that he gets the following error message when he tries to run the program that I sent him.

"You can't open the application Test.app because it may be damaged or incomplete."

Any ideas what might be going on here?

Hmm, maybe the main executable doesn't have the proper file attributes set? Remember that when transferring files from Amiga to Mac OS, pretty much all file attributes will be lost. Mac OS, however, requires that the main executable has the "executable" attribute set so your friend should check if the file Test.app/Contents/MacOS/test has this attribute set... then it should work.