FWIW, ./platform/lib/nbexec runs just fine on macOS: Product Version: NetBeans Platform Dev (Build incubator-netbeans-release-79-on-20171113) Java: 1.8.0_66; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.66-b17 Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_66-b17 System: Mac OS X version 10.12.6 running on x86_64; UTF-8; en_US User directory: /Users/apache/Downloads/netbeans/platform/lib Cache directory: /var/cache
Still, I don't believe nbexec is supposed to be called manually. That's why we have ./bin/netbeans which calls nbexec On macOS I'm also getting this non-blocking error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/cache/lastModified/all-checksum.txt (No such file or directory) which means the paths nbexec is using are not entirely right. So, overall, I believe this is good enough to get an Alpha out! --emi >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache NetBeans 9.0 Alpha (incubating) -- 2nd >attempt >Local Time: November 15, 2017 3:38 PM >UTC Time: November 15, 2017 1:38 PM >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] > >OK, makes sense. > > Still, we need to figure out what the problem is that Chris describes in > this thread. > > Gj > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 at 13:17, Jaroslav Tulach [email protected] > wrote: >>>On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Geertjan Wielenga < >>>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>Well, the question would be why it is useful. >>>>And what does it prove -- and is it a requirement for release. >>>What does it show if the launcher isn't working? That you cannot start >> platform! >>When I wrote the installation proposal >>https://platform.netbeans.org/articles/installation.html I described that >> nbexec shall be there and shall be used to launch the platform. I don't >> think much changed since then. >>Releasing something without a way to start it doesn't make it very useful, >> in my opinion. My 2 Kč >> -jt >>>On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Jaroslav Tulach < >>>>>[email protected] >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >>>>>2017-11-14 20:32 GMT+01:00 Geertjan Wielenga < >>>>>[email protected] >>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>: >>>>>>Calling the exe doesn’t really make sense. Who/why would one do >>>>>> this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>Why it doesn't make sense? Calling platform/lib/nbexec.exe shall start >>>>> the >>>>>>platform. Calling platform/lib/nbexec does so on Unix. >>>>> -jt >
