Re: PSPP bundle in older Mac OS X

[tero]

Hi Friedrich,

I tested bundle 1.4.0-1 and with 10.9 and 10.11 and it works fine.
Big thanks.

Best Regards,
Tero Yli-Koski


Quoting Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckmann@hs-augsburg.de>:

> Hi Tero,
>
> I have made a new approach by just compiling the library dependencies
> of pspp with MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8 and not the full build
> environment. So now I have a new bundle which should work with MacOS version
> starting from 10.8. With 10.7 I had a problem with python38 which has to
> be rebuild also due to some dependencies.
>
> Could you maybe try the bundle in 10.9 and 10.11 as you have a setup  
> for that?
>
> The updated bundle 1.4.0-1 is here:
>
> https://caeis.etech.fh-augsburg.de/downloads/pspp-1.4.0-1.dmg
>
> Regards
>
> Friedrich
>
> > Am 27.08.2020 um 16:27 schrieb tero@yli-koski.fi:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you for maintain PSPP Bundels for Mac.
> > I tested PSPP 1.4.0 with these Mac OS X 10.6.8 and when I try start it
> > and it says that need Mac OS X 10.12 or newer.
> > older PSPP version 1.0.11-1 or 1.2.0-2 say that needs Mac OS X 10.9.
> >
> > It might be good to know that:
> > Apple Macbook Pro 17" doesn't support newer OS than 10.11.
> > and older not unibody Macbook Pro 15"s only support up to OS X  
> > 10.7. (and many users like OS X 10.6 more)
> > and Apple PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5Ghz only support up to OS X 10.5.
> > and some Apple Powerbook G4s only support up to OS X 10.4.
> > all of them are enough powerfull for PSPP.
> >
> > I don't know does this help you build more compatible versions.
> > https://github.com/devernay/xcodelegacy
> > I can test PSPP with OS X versions 10.3-10.6 and 10.9 and 10.11.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tero Yli-Koski