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Re: Some apps refuse to launch in 10.2.8! (OT, but very important)
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Re: Some apps refuse to launch in 10.2.8! (OT, but very important)


  • Subject: Re: Some apps refuse to launch in 10.2.8! (OT, but very important)
  • From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:17:38 +0100

On 13/10/03 5:24 am, David McGavern <email@hidden> wrote:

> A handful of apps refuse to launch in 10.2.8. They all close without
> warning and give the same error message:
>
> Oct 13 00:09:49 DaveysLaptop WindowServer[457]: ERROR! execle(path to
> bad app) returned, err=22
>
> This happens on some downloaded apps, like Clutter and the Red
> Orchestra mod for UT2003, and also on some apps that I compiled a few
> months ago. Can anyone explain what's going on? If it helps, I have a
> 15" AlBook with 10.2.8 (6R73). Also, is anyone else experiencing this
> strange behavior from their apps?

If the app was distributed in a StuffIt archive (why? Compressed disk images
work fine!) then this is a sign of the decompressor using the broken Stuffit
8.0, which strips the executable bit from the executable in the app.
Double-clicking on such an app here does a sort of half-bounce in the dock
and the icon disappears on itself.

Fixes: get the users to use Stuffit 8.0.1, or 7.x, or move to using
compressed disk images.

Cheers,

Chris
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