Re: Binaries over different os10 versions

2020-12-16 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Dec 12, 2020, at 15:23, dan d. wrote: > Does a binary, like lynx the browser, work over several versions of os10. I > have one older machine which version is 6 upgrades removed from > the most recent one. Will that lynx continue to work if most of the versions > are skipped by

Re: Binaries over different os10 versions

2020-12-13 Thread Bill Cole
On 12 Dec 2020, at 16:23, dan d. wrote: Does a binary, like lynx the browser, work over several versions of os10. I have one older machine which version is 6 upgrades removed from the most recent one. Will that lynx continue to work if most of the versions are skipped by installing a more

Re: Binaries over different os10 versions

2020-12-13 Thread Ken Cunningham
> Does a binary, like lynx the browser, work over several versions of os10? It usually will, but it's quite hard to do it right. I build a browser (TenFourFox) with MacPorts on Tiger, and it runs on every system up to Mojave. But it's very carefully self-contained. You're better off to start

Binaries over different os10 versions

2020-12-12 Thread dan d.
Does a binary, like lynx the browser, work over several versions of os10. I have one older machine which version is 6 upgrades removed from the most recent one. Will that lynx continue to work if most of the versions are skipped by installing a more recent version of os10? -- I was thinking