It might be easier to debug and fix the problem than implement a workaround, IMHO. It looks like most of the action starts in lib/shoes/pack.rb - I don't have an OS X box anymore so I can't be very helpful. Might be an easy fix if you can find all the parts.
On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 21:24 -0500, Roy Wright wrote: > Maybe as a work around, implement a download and install ffmpeg as > needed instead of including the binary in the package? Similar to how a > shoes app can download and install shoes... > > HTH, > Roy > > Noah Thorp wrote: > > Thanks for the encouragement. I have plans to post the open source > > transcoder (ffmpeg wrapper) once it had reaches a certain level of alpha > > maturity. It's a very simple but useful app. I could post it to github > > early if it would help troubleshooting. But, it seems like it may be an > > issue simply with including large files in an OS X package. > > > > Thanks, > > Noah > > > > On May 22, 2009, at 5:31 PM, e deleflie wrote: > > > >> Hi Noah, > >> > >> I dont think you are falling outside of the use case it was intended > >> for ... I think its just a bug. > >> > >> I dont have a work-around for you .... (maybe someone else does) ... > >> but if we shout loud enough .... _why might hear our plea to have a > >> look at this bug. > >> > >> So it looks like large binaries (5 to 10MB and up?) included in a > >> folder and packaged up, for OSX, cause the packager to crash. > >> > >> Etienne > >> >
