ah ... I've just worked it out. The package function apparently accesses the Internet. I was behind a proxy ... and package was hanging. When not behind a proxy, it works fine.
is this right or am I on the wrong path? With all good faith to _why, it makes me a little nervous when something tries to access the internet and I dont know about it. Etienne On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:46 AM, e deleflie <[email protected]> wrote: > ah ... I just found out that I had a large file (mech.log 21.6MB) in > the folder I was trying to package.... that may be a contributor to > the "error:allocate" issue. > > I removed it and 'packaging' for dmg just hangs now ... trying to see > what else I can find... > > Etienne > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM, e deleflie <[email protected]> wrote: >> actually, I just saw that Shoes _did_ manage to create a *.exe and a >> *.shy (sorry, hadn't seen those before). They seem to work (cant >> confirm 100% because the HOME env is not resolved on Windows, so my >> app isn't going too far) >> >> So I just did a test to see if I could create, independently, the dmg >> and the linux file... and I *could* create the Linux *.run. >> >> So all that's not working is the creation of the *.dmg (on OSX intel) >> .... this time with 3 console messages: >> >> 22/02/09 3:14:42 PM [0x0-0x239239].org.hackety.shoes[10995] error: allocate >> 22/02/09 3:14:42 PM [0x0-0x239239].org.hackety.shoes[10995] error: Not >> a directory >> 22/02/09 3:14:42 PM com.apple.launchd[117] >> ([0x0-0x239239].org.hackety.shoes[10995]) Exited with exit code: 1 >> >> Etienne >> >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM, e deleflie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi why, >>> >>> I'm on intel .... here's the OSX Console message: >>> >>> 22/02/09 2:55:20 PM [0x0-0x231231].org.hackety.shoes[10922] error: allocate >>> >>> hmmm ... :) >>> >>> Etienne >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:31 AM, _why <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 07:49:58PM +1100, e deleflie wrote: >>>>> I really feel check-mated here ... cant package (for any platform) and >>>>> have no way of finding out why Shoes is crashing when I try to >>>>> package. >>>> >>>> One thing you can do is look in the OS X console for some related >>>> messages when Shoes crashes. Also, send me the crash report that OS >>>> X gives you. >>>> >>>> If you're on PowerPC, I've now got a PowerPC machine, so that >>>> platform should see alot of improvement in March, once Hackety Hack >>>> is out. That platform has always been troubled under Shoes. >>>> >>>> _why >>>> >>> >> >
