Re: Universal app fails on PPC.
Re: Universal app fails on PPC.
- Subject: Re: Universal app fails on PPC.
- From: "Clark Cox" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:53:46 -0700
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:08 PM, David Melgar <email@hidden> wrote:
> Yes it does use GC. Wow. I had no idea it wouldn't work with rosetta. Does
> GC work on a ppc machine?
GC works fine on real ppc machines, it's just Rosetta that doesn't
support it (Rosetta doesn't support ppc64 either, BTW).
> Given that I don't have access to a ppc machine, sounds like I can't test if
> it works.
>
> Given that it's obviously a leopard only application, I'm not sure if I
> should claim support for ppc and have a user complain if it doesn't work, or
> drop the claim of ppc support and make it intel only.
If you're releasing an application on ppc, it really is in your best
interest to test on a ppc machine. You can find decent iMac G5s for
around $500 on eBay. I'd highly recommend keeping at least one around
for testing purposes (Getting a G5 will allow you to test both ppc and
ppc64).
If you don't need to test 64-bit apps, you can even go to a G4, which
can be found for even cheaper (G4 Mac Minis and iMacs can be found
around $200 - $400)
>
> In any case thanks for the information.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 6, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Nick Zitzmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 3:38 PM, David wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to test my universal app to make sure its really universal.
>>> In finder I did "get info" then selected "run with rosetta". When I do
>>> that the application traps. The console log says,
>>>
>>> Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap
>>>
>>> What does that mean? How can I determine why its not working? Is there
>>> a way to run it in the debugger using rosetta?
>>
>>
>> Does your app use GC? Rosetta will not launch GC-enabled PPC apps. The
>> only way to test those apps is to run them on a real PPC Mac.
>>
>> Nick Zitzmann
>> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>>
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