XCA OSX backward compatibility.

[rvalle]

installing XCA is reporting that it requires latest OSX version.

is there any particular reason for that?

I have some macs with Yosemite, El Capitan, etc. are they not supported?

[peterkelm]

Same here. Seems like xca 2.0.0 is only compiled for 10.13 / High Sierra and newer...

[peterkelm]

Update: Same applies to version 1.4.1

[chris2511]

Probably because i updated my MacBook Air to High Sierra recently. I think I need to install a 10.10 SDK, but looks like the XCode-cmd-line-tools don't support downloading other SDKs and the full blown Xcode requires more gigabyte > 10 than currently available on my Mac :-(

Do you have a hint?

[iqt4]

Running 'El Capitan' and can't even open the .dmg since 1.4.1 :-( Sorry, can't help with Xcode. But I had similar version issues with another software (https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2317). May those developers can help out?!

[rvalle]

@chris2511 I dont't know. I am just surprised that apple is generating non-backwards compliant binaries for "simple" applications. I mean, is not like XCA uses the latest APIs or capabilities, etc

My macbook is a bit old, and I don't want to update becase I fear that will make it totally obsolete. Anyway, I have installed XCA in a Raspberry pi, with Ubuntu mate.

I works fantastically, and supports PKCS11, HW tokens etc.

[peterkelm]

@chris2511: Maybe booting from an external USB drive (that has sufficient space)? Our machines are on 10.12.x still but I haven't used Xcode in ages...

[chris2511]

I tried to get information how to install older SDK. I tried to download an older XCode with a 10.11 SDK, but

Your Apple ID must be associated with a paid Apple Developer Program or Apple Developer Enterprise Program to access certain software downloads.

I already pay enough for code-signing certificates, web-space, SSL certificate to provide software for free. Spending another annual $100 to release XCA for mac for free (probably just to find out that it did not help either) does not sound smart to me. Even though i could use the app store then, i think - and I will have a valid mac-code-signing cert, possibly.

[peterkelm]

@chris2511, it is evident that this would not be an option.

I haven't touched Xcode for a number of years now but took a few minutes to research this issue. The xcodelegacy might be worth a look: https://github.com/devernay/xcodelegacy

Additional information from Apple on how to set the deployment tagte in Xcode: https://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/deve69552ee5

After installation xcodebuild -showsdksshould list the selected SDKs.

FYI: I was able to download older Xcode versions (that include the SDKs in question) without issue using my free Apple developer account. I would be surprised if Xcode downloads are no longer free...

[chris2511]

After reading a little more, I stumbled over the CFLAG -mmacosx-version-min=10.10 Can it be that easy?? :-) Please try http://xca.hohnstaedt.de/downloads/xca-2.0.1+Yosemite.dmg

[iqt4]

I can't open the xca-2.0.1+Yosemite.dmg. Reason: "Keine aktivierbaren Dateisysteme"

[chris2511]

Oh.

[chris2511]

.. will investigate, soon ..

[chris2511]

Downloaded http://xca.hohnstaedt.de/downloads/xca-2.0.1+Yosemite.dmg, double clicked it and it opened successfully...

MD5 (Downloads/xca-2.0.1+Yosemite.dmg) = a0d26225866c38174583a7155bd3a0ad

[peterkelm]

@chris2511, I had no problem downloading and mounting the xca-2.0.1+Yosemite.dmg disk image referenced above on Mac OS X 10.12.6 (16G1314).

However, the app fails on launch with a dyld error for a missing library:

Termination Reason: DYLD, [0x1] Library missing

Dyld Error Message: *Library not loaded: @rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui Referenced from: /Volumes/VOLUME//xca.app/Contents/MacOS/xca Reason: image not found**

Process: xca [12024] Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/*/xca.app/Contents/MacOS/xca Identifier: de.hohnstaedt.xca Version: 2.0.1+ (2.0.1+)

Does that ring a bell?

[chris2511]

No, not really. I mounted it and looked at: /Volumes/xca-2.0.1+/xca.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtGui.framework There is a "QtGui" file.

You may check the libraries referenced by QtGui with the "otool" command In the "/Volumes/xca-2.0.1+/xca.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtGui.framework" directory:

otool -L QtGui | grep ' .*' | sed 's/@rpath/../' | while read a b; do ls $a || echo NO FILE $a $b; done

[iqt4]

Just to summarize. I'm running 10.11.6 and can't update OS X. v1.3.2 - ok v1.4.0 - Message 'You need OS X 10.12 or newer v1.4.1 and newer - I can't open the DMG

[j3g]

+1 to discovering this issue thanks for troubleshooting with us

[klanomath]

The final dmg created in High Sierra is formatted to APFS and can't be read without additional tools in macOS versions lower than 10.12.x (I don't remember what x is, I think it's 4).

A (free) retrofit kit to read APFS volumes in 10.10-10.12 is available here: http://dl.paragon-software.com/free/Paragon-1218-FRU_MacInstallUnlock_1.0.164.dmg

I don't know whether it works for APFS dmgs.

A hfs+ dmg is preferred though ;-)

[chris2511]

Commit message said:

Partially fix #30: XCA OSX backward compatibility

Reopen

[chris2511]

How's the state of this? Does the 2.1.1 DMG work for you? With 0c8df14b7e7e1f5b2366a462daa2efabb834ecd0 for 2.1.0 I added a MacOSX build switch CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.10" to be Yosemite compatible. However, I have no Yosemite MAC to test.

[peterkelm]

@chris2511, I can confirm that mounting the xca-2.1.1.dmg disk image and launching xca works fine on macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1510).

Thanks a million!

[chris2511]

Seems to be fixed. If anyone thinks different, please reopen.