Hi All,
I’ve done some research and gathered more information on this bug I tried to
bring up about a week ago. When I tried to open FreeCol after downloading it
through the MacOS download I got the error message that I have attached.
At the time I first noticed this bug I had version 1.6 of Java, then I updated
to 1.7 and it still didn’t work, then 1.8 and I still got the same message. I
was able to get the application downloaded through the platform independent
download, and it ran perfectly. This made me realize there is likely some sort
of bug with the Mac installer, since it thinks I'm having some issue with Java,
which I am clearly not because Java will run FreeCol through the other install.
(Note: I am running OS X 10.10). I reproduced this bug on 2 more Mac (running
OS X 10.9, and java 1.8) and the same error appeared. The platform independent
installer also worked perfectly on this computer. This could most likely mean
that the FreeCol.app version (from the MacOS download) is unable to actually
locate where Java is on these newer versions of OS X. I tried looking through
the app bundling code but could not find anything that could lead directly to
this error. If I can be directed to the mac bundling code directly I might be
able to find something. Looking back at the archives it seems like the mac
version was bundled quite a long time ago, I’m not sure if it has been updated
since then but this is what I could find on it
https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/mailman/message/1128349/
<https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/mailman/message/1128349/>. Does anyone have
any information on the actual code for the app bundler, or experienced this
issue themselves?
I am very eager to help with this bug, whether it be looking at the code for
the installer, FreeCol, etc. Please let me know how I can best help.
-malsing
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