My compile code sends applescript commands, and immediately after that I do a system call to duplicate the binaries, just like you said. I'll swap my duplicate code to your File::Copy like you said and see if that fixes it. Thanks!
================== Pillard Keeper of the Code Macromedia, FreeHand "What the web can be" ================== > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew O. Mellinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:54 PM > To: Perry Pillard; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MacPerl] Rotate Cursor crashing MacPerl? > > > When I was having problems with the DoAppleScript and system, I would > also have crashes in RotateCursor. > > RotateCursor is just a good place to expose heap corruptions, which > is what is probably happening. You might even see the cursor turn to > garbage (as it is overwritten) before it crashes. > > In the case of the DoAppleScript crashes, I simply had to find a > different way to do it. I couldn't use DoAppleScript and system > together. So if you find that your copy line is using system (which > is through tool server) maybe change it to use File::Copy or some > other method. > > -Andrew > > > >I've got a script that consistantly crashes MacPerl. It compiles > >several binaries and then distributes them to their respective > >localized installer source trees. It compiles (via Codewarrior) > >fine, and the crash starts when it try's to copy all the files to > >their respecticve destination, when the cursor tries to display as > >the 'RotateCursor'. The cursor itself looks like garbage for a > >split second and then Macsbug rears it's ugly head. StdLog from > >MacsBug tells me the following: > > > >PowerPC unmapped memory exception at 2FD2F7AC RotateCursor+000D4 > >MacPerl heap at 2FC257F0 is bad > >Master pointer does not point at block Block header 33AE2EF0 > > > >Has anyone run into this problem before? Is there any fix or work > >around? If I strip out the code that just does the copy and run it > >by itself, I don't have this problem. This exact code works fine on > >OS X and Win32. Some one please help! Thanks in advance, > > > >================== > >Pillard > >Keeper of the Code > >Macromedia, FreeHand > >"What the web can be" > >================== > > > -- >
