Thanks for creating the issue, Greg. We'll move the discussion there. But, please, if you're teaching a workshop in the next few weeks, be aware of the problem and make OS X 10.8 people do a `git init` to check their installation as soon as possible.
Ivan On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Greg Wilson <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for the catch - let's move this into > https://github.com/swcarpentry/workshop-template/issues/196 until a fix > is found. > > Thanks, > Greg > > > On 2015-04-03 5:04 AM, Carol Willing wrote: > > Hi Ivan, > > How were students trying to install on 10.8? > > I've used the git-osx-installer ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/?source=navbar0 > Snow Leopard images for 10.8 in the past with success. > > Thanks, > Carol > > On 02/04/2015 18:56, Ivan Gonzalez wrote: > > Hi, > > At the Weill Cornell workshop today, we found an ugly twist on getting > git working for old Macs. As reported in our troubleshooting wiki [1], for > Mac OS X 10.8, git throws an "Lazy symbol" error, even if the installation > went smoothly. The diagnosis for this is to try to do a `git init` (it'll > fail). > > The only solution seems to be to download Xcode (apparently, the error > is because some libraries are missing and only get installed with Xcode). > But today, we found that Apple removed the proper Xcode version from the > Apple Store. Now the only fix is to go to the Apple Developer website and > search for the the right Xcode there. This requires an Apple Developer > account that the students probably won't have. > > The only feasible thing is that instructors carry an USB with the old > version of Xcode (downloading, copying to a thumb drive, and then to the > student's laptop will take over an hour) and check people with Macs for > 10.8.5, preferable during the first day of the workshop. > > Does someone know other alternative? > > Best, > > Ivan > > [1] > https://github.com/swcarpentry/workshop-template/wiki/Configuration-Problems-and-Solutions#git > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > > > -- > *Carol Willing* > Developer | Willing Consulting > https://willingconsulting.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > > -- > Dr. Greg Wilson | [email protected] > Software Carpentry | http://software-carpentry.org > >
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