Hi Justin, Does a sage-4.7 binary built on OS X 10.6 work on OS X 10.7?
- William On Friday, July 22, 2011, Justin C. Walker <jus...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 03:07 , Stefan wrote: > >> Since William complained about a lack of posts, let me try to liven the list >> up a little. I'm tempted to update my laptop to Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), but >> I'm held back by fear, since Xcode 3 is not supported by Lion, and Xcode 4 >> cannot build Sage. > > It's definitely wise to approach this carefully. I have 10.7 installed (as > an upgrade) on a laptop, and there are some glitches that need explanation. > > First, Xcode 3.2.6 *is* supported on 10.7. What is not supported is > *installation* of Xcode 3.2.6. > > Second, in my case, after the installation, "normal" access to the build > tools is gone: the tool chain is no longer present in "/usr". The chain does > live in the "/Developer" directory, though. I don't know whether this was > intentional or accidental. > > Also, there are changes to Terminal that defy explanation. I haven't tracked > the problems down, but since (at least for me) shell usage is wired into my > lizard brain, it takes some work to get used to the changes. > > According to traffic on the Xcode list, most people have renamed the "3.2.6" > "/Developer" directory to something else, and then installed Xcode 4. Once > you are running 10.7, you do have access to Xcode 4.1, but apparently not > before. > >> >> It seems that the only version of Xcode 4 that can currently be obtained is >> version 4.1, which requires Lion to install. Did anyone take the plunge yet, >> and figure out a way to build Sage? > > I have not figured out how to "reconnect" Xcode 3.2.6 to "/usr", so building > Sage is not yet possible (for me). FWIW, I found this > > <http://anatomicwax.tumblr.com/post/7906770311/installing-xcode-3-2-6-on-lion> > which discusses one man's attempt to install Xcode 3 on 10.7. > > I think a a reasonable approach, for those who have the luxury of multiple > Macs, is to install on a lesser-used one, so as not to disrupt your normal > workflow. Then you can spend some time getting used to new work patterns, > and figuring out how to live with the new beast. > > HTH > > Justin > > -- > Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large > Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds > ----------- > My wife 'n kids 'n dogs are gone, > I can't get Jesus on the phone, > But Ol' Milwaukee's Best is my best friend. > ----------- > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
