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Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina
From: |
Allan Kinnaird |
Subject: |
Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:12:22 +0100 |
Thanks for that, Hans, but I don’t understand what it means.
I just want to be able to use Lilypond. Nobody who has bought a Mac since the
launch of OS X 10.15 will be able to use Lilypond, and nobody else who uses
Lilypond already can safely upgrade to the latest OS version.
> On 17 Oct 2019, at 23:55, Hans Åberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> On 18 Oct 2019, at 00:30, Karlin High <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/17/2019 5:10 PM, Allan Kinnaird via lilypond-user wrote:
>>> I believe that the real question is when a 64-bit Mac binary will appear on
>>> lilypond.org <http://lilypond.org> - I would expect v2.20.0 or thereabouts.
>>> Does anyone have a solid timetable?
>>
>> My current understanding is this:
>>
>> There is a conflict between Apple's Software License Agreement for the XCode
>> software needed to build 64-bit Mac binaries, and the GNU General Public
>> License that LilyPond uses. The current build system cannot be adapted for
>> 64-bit without violating Apple's license.
>
> It is only for cross-builds, and it does not matter, because later versions
> of Xcode only have Clang, not GCC proper, which LilyPond does not compile
> with.
>
>
- Re:Lilypond on OS X Catalina, Allan Kinnaird, 2019/10/17
- Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, eBooks, 2019/10/17
- Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, Hans Åberg, 2019/10/17
- Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, Karlin High, 2019/10/17
- Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, Allan Kinnaird, 2019/10/17
- Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, David Kastrup, 2019/10/17
Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina, Carl Sorensen, 2019/10/17