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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> _________________________________
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
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>>>>>> theirs." - Edgard Varese
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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