10.5: A solution for PackageMaker failing in 10.5
If you've used the PackageMaker command line tool in 10.4, and tried to run the same command in 10.5, you may experience a failure with the error: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'launch path not accessible' This is because otool is in /Developer/usr/bin and not in /usr/bin where PackageMaker is expecting it. Simply symlink to otool by typing: ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/otool /usr/bin/otool [robg adds: Over on the queue site, a comment notes that the only time this will happen is if the user unchecks the UNIX Development Support option in the Xcode installer. This feature, which is enabled by default, is described by Apple in this way: "Optional content to allow command-line development from the boot volume. Installs a duplicate of the GCC compiler and command l...
published on Tuesday, the 18. December 2007, macosxhints
10.5: Fix a potential cause of Core Image crashes
After upgrading to 10.5, I discovered that a whole bunch of stuff involving Quartz CoreImage and Composer was broken. As an example, here's some, but not all, of what I saw: iChat crashing when it did anything with video Photo Booth refusing to show effects samples QuartzComposer crash on launch CoreImage Fun House would only allow a few filters to be used You might get console messages like this: 11/5/07 2:32:55 PM Quartz Composer Visualizer[227] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[FILTER_NAME_HERE load:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x15195000' Well apparently the interface to ImageUnits has changed in some way, because it turns out that th...
published on Monday, the 19. November 2007, macosxhints