ArcticFox 41.0 crashes on Snow Leopard.

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ArcticFox 41.0 crashes on Snow Leopard.

largefield-ohara opened this issue a year ago · 11 comments

ArcticFox 41.0 crashes when launched from Snow Leopard (macOS 10.6).
The error message is as follows:

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Volumes/Arctic Fox/ArcticFox.app/Contents/MacOS/arcticfox
Reason: image not found

libc++ is a library supported since Mavericks (macOS 10.9), so Snow Leopard does not have it.

Answer 1 · 2023-04-22T18:51:21.000Z

I'm having the same issue, running Snow Leopard 10.6.8

Answer 2 · 2023-04-24T19:38:25.000Z

Exactly the same here. 40.1 is OK.

Answer 3 · 2023-06-05T14:44:40.000Z

I do not build on mavericks and I think @wicknix neither. i do a native build on 10.6 and on 10.7.
Are you running the 32bit or 64bit versions? We did different builds from different users.

Answer 4 · 2023-06-05T14:58:20.000Z

I wonder if a dependency on MacPorts is left in.... @wicknix do you have the environment coming from macports, do you?

Answer 5 · 2023-06-05T17:26:39.000Z

@wicknix I think the issue might be the "copy file" step mentioned in the Distribute step ... do you perform something similar in your builds?
https://github.com/classilla/tenfourfox/wiki/HowToBuildFPR

Answer 6 · 2023-06-06T08:59:02.000Z

42.0 also did not start on snow leopard, but after installing libc++ using macports, it started. To check the launch, I used arcticfox-42.0.mac64-10.6.dmg in Assets.

Answer 7 · 2023-06-10T17:13:34.000Z

Yes, you will need to include libc++.1.dylib and libc++abi.dylib in the .app and then use otool to relink them before you distribute for 10.6 (not required for 10.7). Otherwise users that don't have macports and libc++ installed with just get crashes upon launch.

Answer 8 · 2023-07-17T23:08:17.000Z

Indeed, I do not relinked or packaged libc+++ from MacPorts. I will add it as separate file in the future.

Answer 9 · 2023-07-20T06:54:15.000Z

I was unable to adapt the TenFourFox link script, because I compile with clang and not gcc, so I do not have libgcc. I'll add a zip with the files for 10.6 64bit in the upcoming 42.1 release. Should be fine for 42.0.

Answer 10 · 2023-07-23T18:27:35.000Z

Fixed the issue by installing xcode 3.2.6, macports 2.8.1 and then "sudo port install libcxx".

Answer 11 · 2023-10-04T16:07:16.000Z

This is fixed by installing the required libraries, either with macports or with the one provided e.g. here:
https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox/releases/tag/v42.1