"Full Distribution" Download Can't find opml.root

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"Full Distribution" Download Can't find opml.root

tedchoward opened this issue 7 years ago · 14 comments

tedchoward commented 7 years ago

For some reason, the "Full Distribution" download is unable to find opml.root.

Steps:

Download OPML-full-distribution.dmg
Double-click OPML-full-distribution.dmg
Drag OPML folder to /Applications
Double-click /Applications/OPML.app

Expected behavior:

OPML editor launches and starts working

Actual behavior:

Workaround (launch from terminal):

Launch Terminal.app
type cd and drag the /Applications/OPML folder to the terminal window
type ./OPML.app/Contents/MacOS/OPML
Press return

I don't know why he workaround works and double-clicking the app bundle doesn't.

FWIW: The release works fine on my machine until I upload to Github. The files I download from Github have this problem.

Answer 1 · 2018-04-29T13:55:39.000Z

@tedchoward https://gist.github.com/mrDarcyMurphy/bc488c261883866ac504062ecc163bb3

I saw the same thing, so ran the app a few different ways and posted the logs to the gist above. Hope it helps.

Answer 2 · 2018-04-30T14:41:30.000Z

@mrDarcyMurphy Thanks! I appreciate that.

I have a new workaround:

Download the "Full Distribution" DMG
Double-click OPML-full-distribution.dmg
Drag OPML folder somewhere (e.g. /Applications, the desktop)
Double-click OPML folder
Drag OPML.app to the Desktop
Drag OPML.app back to the OPML folder
Double-click OPML.app

Answer 3 · 2018-04-30T15:50:50.000Z

@tedchoward Cool. I'll try it out when I get the chance. In the meantime, I noticed you may have a hard coded path. Check this line.

Answer 4 · 2018-04-30T16:52:09.000Z

I had a theory that the application bundle was getting the wrong path.
How does the kernel find the root database file?
- Short answer: It looks in the same directory as the running application bundle.
I published v10.2d4 which logs out the path to the application bundle when it tries to find the root database.
- It confirmed my suspicions

Apr 30 11:46:24 TedBook-Pro OPML[10764]: bundle url = file://localhost/var/folders/rw/2xy3lr9d0l7gvxprcm9vblth0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD3E2C1-7C19-4010-896E-29F986FF2821/d/OPML.app/

It appears that macOS is copying the application to a "secure" location before executing it.
Therefore the application can't find the root database file
For some reason, copying the application bundle to a new location, and then copying it back causes macOS to stop doing this.

Answer 5 · 2018-04-30T16:57:46.000Z

The "Security Feature" causing this headache is called App Translocation, and is part of macOS's Gatekeeper as of macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2016/06/29/sierra-and-gatekeeper-path-randomization/

Answer 6 · 2018-04-30T19:43:35.000Z

I'm going to close this issue, because there's nothing I can do about it.

I have updated the README.md file with instructions to download the OPML folder separately from the application bundle. This effectively works around the problem.

I have also removed all "Full Distribution" downloads from the Releases page.

Answer 7 · 2018-08-28T15:27:15.000Z

I commented on another ticket about this, but in case it helps someone looking for a solution, you can do something like:

Command to remove translocation from an application in Mac OS High Sierra

	xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/[application].app"

to remove the app translocation from the application bundle. (Obviously, you would replace [application] with the name of the actual application...)

Answer 8 · 2018-10-20T19:35:06.000Z

It runs, but unable to open opml.root. Using the Terminal launch method workaround above, It aborts with following messages:

Maysons-iMac:OPML maysonlancaster$ ./OPML.app/Contents/MacOS/OPML
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _OTLIFOStealList
Referenced from: /Applications/OPML/./OPML.app/Contents/MacOS/OPML
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices

dyld: Symbol not found: _OTLIFOStealList
Referenced from: /Applications/OPML/./OPML.app/Contents/MacOS/OPML
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices

Abort trap: 6

Answer 9 · 2018-10-20T19:35:58.000Z

Also, got the 32-bit (I believe) warning that it's not optimized and won't run in future versions.

Answer 10 · 2019-01-20T14:12:31.000Z

same warning as maysonicboom above..

Answer 11 · 2019-01-20T17:30:20.000Z

Guys this isn't a bug report -- we know that Mojave is the last version of Mac OS that runs Frontier.

Answer 12 · 2019-01-21T15:25:43.000Z

Mojave... or do you mean High Sierra? On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 5:30 PM +0000, "Dave Winer" <notifications@github.com> wrote: Guys this isn't a bug report -- we know that Mojave is the last version of Mac OS that runs Frontier. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

Answer 13 · 2019-01-21T15:31:36.000Z

It runs on Mojave. It's a 32 bit app. Apple has told us that Mojave is the last version of macOS to support 32 bit apps.

Answer 14 · 2019-01-21T16:41:19.000Z

Ok - just checking - I may look at this again and revertThanks for clarifying Mojave not the issue. On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 3:31 PM +0000, "Ted Howard" <notifications@github.com> wrote: It runs on Mojave. It's a 32 bit app. Apple has told us that Mojave is the last version of macOS to support 32 bit apps. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.