Hi All,
Sorry, I forgot to attach the error message. Here it is:
-malsing
> On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Malhar Singh <malsin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I’ve done some research and gathered more information on this bug I tried to
> bring up about a week ago. When I tried to open FreeCol after downloading it
> through the MacOS download I got the error message that I have attached.
>
> At the time I first noticed this bug I had version 1.6 of Java, then I
> updated to 1.7 and it still didn’t work, then 1.8 and I still got the same
> message. I was able to get the application downloaded through the platform
> independent download, and it ran perfectly. This made me realize there is
> likely some sort of bug with the Mac installer, since it thinks I'm having
> some issue with Java, which I am clearly not because Java will run FreeCol
> through the other install. (Note: I am running OS X 10.10). I reproduced this
> bug on 2 more Mac (running OS X 10.9, and java 1.8) and the same error
> appeared. The platform independent installer also worked perfectly on this
> computer. This could most likely mean that the FreeCol.app version (from the
> MacOS download) is unable to actually locate where Java is on these newer
> versions of OS X. I tried looking through the app bundling code but could not
> find anything that could lead directly to this error. If I can be directed to
> the mac bundling code directly I might be able to find something. Looking
> back at the archives it seems like the mac version was bundled quite a long
> time ago, I’m not sure if it has been updated since then but this is what I
> could find on it https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/mailman/message/1128349/
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/mailman/message/1128349/>. Does anyone
> have any information on the actual code for the app bundler, or experienced
> this issue themselves?
>
> I am very eager to help with this bug, whether it be looking at the code for
> the installer, FreeCol, etc. Please let me know how I can best help.
>
> -malsing
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