FWIW, the build machine did not change between RC4 and RC5. Would it make sense to do a rebuild and provide some rebuilt binaries to test?
> On Oct 16, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > As a test, would it be possible for a Mac developer to rebuild with the > source code for RC5 but the process and libraries from RC4, and/or the other > way round? That will tell us whether the problem is a source code change or a > build process change. > > > > On 10/16/2017 11:33 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: >>> On Oct 16, 2017, at 11:09 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jim, >>> >>> I am on macOS Sierra and do not see the issues in RC4. >>> >>> With RC4 - >> Sorry a typo - with RC5 I see: >>> >>> (1) I get the little general error dialog. >>> (2) I don’t see any terminal output after starting from Terminal. >>> (3) While the error is up the lock file .~lock.<filename># has been created >>> with a length of 129 >>> >>> David Fisher,davewave,Daves-MacBook-Pro.local,16.10.2017 >>> 10:35,file:///Users/davewave/Library/Application%20Support/OpenOffice/4 >>> <file:///Users/davewave/Library/Application%20Support/OpenOffice/4>; >>> >>> (4) I also get the error if I start like so: >>> >>> /Applications/OpenOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -view ODF-Test.odt >>> >>> The window is open but the background is grey when the error is displayed. >>> >>> There is nothing obvious in a diff between RC4 and RC5 on the Mac. There >>> are differences for versions and a large number of the dylib, zip and jars >>> do differ. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>>> On Oct 16, 2017, at 5:01 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com >>>> <mailto:j...@jagunet.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Assuming AOO is installed in /Applications: >>>> >>>> /Applications/OpenOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice >>>> >>>> should do it. >>>> >>>>> On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:59 AM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie >>>>> <mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:45:20 -0600 >>>>> Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com <mailto:larry.gus...@gmail.com>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2017-10-15, 3:38 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:27:15 -0600 >>>>>>> Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com <mailto:larry.gus...@gmail.com>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2017-10-15, 1:01 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Larry >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Can you run openoffice4 from a terminal and report the messages? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rory >>>>>>>> I don't know terminal very well and do not know how to do that. I >>>>>>>> can follow instruction >>>>>>>> for using terminal if you have the time to give them to me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can't answer with any certainty for Mac, but my understanding, based >>>>>>> on something I paid little attention to (no need), is that the current >>>>>>> Mac operating system is a form of linux. >>>>>> >>>>>> macOS is derived from Unix. Many, not all commands are similar to Linux >>>>>> >>>>>>> Open it and type "openoffice4" (no quotes). OO should then open and >>>>>>> run and give some possibly helpful diagnostics about what it is not >>>>>>> finding, or what has happened. These will be helpful to developers >>>>>>> debugging. >>>>>> >>>>>> Doesn't work. Needs more specific command. I will investigate later and >>>>>> try to get more >>>>>> information. Problem occurs on both my Macs so isn't specific to macOS >>>>>> High Sierra, which i >>>>>> upgraded this Mac to recently. >>>>> >>>>> I cannot help further - no experience on Macs. Perhaps some Mac-using >>>>> list member can assist. >>>>> >>>>> Rory >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Some info on Terminal for a Mac is at >>>>>>> http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/how-use-terminal-on-mac-3608274/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/how-use-terminal-on-mac-3608274/> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Larry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> _________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> Larry I. 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