Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

Seems like we've come to consensus. Good thing, because I know next to nothing about the Mac. Implemented in commit c6ff6ed . On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 2:59 PM mwall wrote: > > > On Monday, September 2, 2019 at

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

On Monday, September 2, 2019 at 10:36:26 AM UTC-4, Tom Keffer wrote: > > But they are just strings, and mwall's comment about aligning the >> default setup.py path to /home/weewx to match other platforms is >> compelling. >> > > Except, unfortunately, on the Mac, /home is a mounted drive, so we

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

> > But they are just strings, and mwall's comment about aligning the > default setup.py path to /home/weewx to match other platforms is > compelling. > Except, unfortunately, on the Mac, /home is a mounted drive, so we would have to edit /etc/auto_master, unmount, then reboot. Not worth it.

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

Thomas Keffer writes: > I must be missing something, and I am most definitely not a Mac expert, but > my laptop doesn't even have an /opt directory. It doesn't, and macs don't have /home by default either (mac uses /Users/$USERNAME instead). But either /opt or /home can be created, even with

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 8:40:54 AM UTC-4, Tom Keffer wrote: > > I have no objection to something like this, but the path you've chosen > (/opt/weewx/var/run.stderr) seems pretty specific to your system. I'm not a > Mac expert. Is there a more generic location it could write to? > why

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

I must be missing something, and I am most definitely not a Mac expert, but my laptop doesn't even have an /opt directory. -tk On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:04 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > Chris Alemany writes: > > > Yes 'man hier' is available under macOS 10.14.6 > > > > /opt is not an unusual place

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

Chris Alemany writes: > Yes 'man hier' is available under macOS 10.14.6 > > /opt is not an unusual place to put open source stuff on Mac, it is > what wview used as well. However, I would lean toward /var as well as > Vince suggested or even put the logs within the user defined area (I > have

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

Yes 'man hier' is available under macOS 10.14.6 /opt is not an unusual place to put open source stuff on Mac, it is what wview used as well. However, I would lean toward /var as well as Vince suggested or even put the logs within the user defined area (I have mine in /Users/Shared/weewx/logs)

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 5:40:54 AM UTC-7, Tom Keffer wrote: > > I have no objection to something like this, but the path you've chosen > (/opt/weewx/var/run.stderr) seems pretty specific to your system. I'm not a > Mac expert. Is there a more generic location it could write to? > > > See

Re: [weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

I have no objection to something like this, but the path you've chosen (/opt/weewx/var/run.stderr) seems pretty specific to your system. I'm not a Mac expert. Is there a more generic location it could write to? -tk On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:13 PM Graham Eddy wrote: > for weewx 4, i would like

[weewx-development] weewx 4 on mac

for weewx 4, i would like to request a couple of lines be added to the daemon config on mac osx, to cause stderr to be captured in a file (those lousy hidden exceptions). this file is presently (3.9.2) made available under util/launchd/com.weewx.weewxd.plist. i use the modified version below: