Re: Running apps compiled for newer OS X versions on older versions (rant)

2016-09-05 Thread Alastair Houghton
On 5 Sep 2016, at 13:48, Mark Allan wrote: > > It's probably also worth noting that you *can* compile for 10.6 using the > tools on 10.11 by adjusting the deployment target. This is *usually* but not always true. There are sometimes backwards compatibility problems that

Re: Running apps compiled for newer OS X versions on older versions (rant)

2016-09-05 Thread Mark Allan
> On 22 Aug 2016, at 2:27 pm, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: > > On 22.08.2016 at 13:34 Alastair Houghton wrote: > > >>> On 22 Aug 2016, at 12:15, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: >>> Out of curiosity, I've just run a little test and compiled my app on the

Re: Running apps compiled for newer OS X versions on older versions (rant)

2016-08-22 Thread Andreas Falkenhahn
On 22.08.2016 at 13:34 Alastair Houghton wrote: >> On 22 Aug 2016, at 12:15, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: >> Out of curiosity, I've just run a little test and compiled my app on the >> 10.11 system for the 10.11 target and tried to run it on the 10.6 system, >> just to see

Re: Running apps compiled for newer OS X versions on older versions (rant)

2016-08-22 Thread Alastair Houghton
> On 22 Aug 2016, at 12:15, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: > > Out of curiosity, I've just run a little test and compiled my app on the > 10.11 system for the 10.11 target and tried to run it on the 10.6 system, > just to see what happens. All I got is a message "Illegal

Running apps compiled for newer OS X versions on older versions (rant)

2016-08-22 Thread Andreas Falkenhahn
I have two OS X systems: One running 10.6 and another one always running the latest version. I typically use the one running 10.6 for building my app and the latest one to see if everything is still working correctly. Out of curiosity, I've just run a little test and compiled my app on the 10.11