> On Oct 17, 2016, at 13:45, Toby, Brian H. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once in a while I get error reports from users of my [older] software like > this: > >>>>> I recently upgraded to El capitan and realised today that EXPGUI is now >>>>> caput. It briefly appears after double-clicking the app, then within >>>>> seconds evaporates. > > It usually takes me a little while to remember the problem: OS X has been > updated but XQuartz has not been reinstalled. Is there any way for future > releases that XQuartz could fail with an error message under such > circumstances?
I suspect the issue here has to do with the /usr/X11 or /usr/X11R6 symlinks. Those can be deleted by the OS on an upgrade, and that's an OS bug, not something that XQuartz can fix. That being said, those symlinks are transitional aides. You should do whatever you can in your product to stop relying on them as they are not guaranteed to be around forever. What need to you still have for them? Users don't need to do a full reinstall to deal with this issue. All they need to do is restore those symlinks (which they can do by running `sudo /usr/libexec/x11-select /opt/X11` --Jeremy > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/jeremyhu%40freedesktop.org > > This email sent to [email protected]
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