I fear that if we just keep discussing things that need to be done another 10 years will pass.
Surely the priority here is to get 5.0 out there for most platforms, and worry about loose ends afterwards? Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Rony G. Flatscher [mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at] > Sent: 14 December 2022 13:24 > To: oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Wrong Apple version of ooRexx > serviced by the Sourceforge website > > On 13.12.2022 16:59, P.O. Jonsson wrote: > >> This was my point: currently all Apple users get outdated not > >> workable ooRexx by the official ooRexx site. ALLl official > versions > >> of ooRexx for macOS are broken and do not install, not the > 32 bit and > >> not the 64 bit version of ooRexx 4. We do not currently have ANY > >> official version of ooRexx that install with ANY Mac (Intel or > >> M1/ARM) running OS X El Capitan (2015) (OS X 10.11) or newer. This > >> problem is 7 years old :-( > > Dear Rony, I take that back, actually the official 64 bit > version DOES work, and installs to /opt. I think this was my > tinkering way back then. But /opt is a hidden folder on macOS > so not so easy to find back once installed. > > > > You still need to set PATH=/opt/ooRexx/bin:$PATH (and > DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ooRexx/lib/ooRexx) to make it run and > there is no uninstaller. But changing the pointer to 64 bit > instead of 32 bit would be a good thing, also if the 4.1.2 is > now 10 years old (September 2012). > > Just tried it from my Mac and got as download offered a "4.0 > all" zip, which is also neither helpful nor useful for Apple > users. So it is really time to get a nice, working and > up-to-date version of ooRexx to the Apple table ... > > ---rony _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
