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mviereck / x11docker

Run GUI applications and desktops in docker and podman containers. Focus on security.
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x11docker on Mac Mojave #242

Closed ablack-jpl closed 4 years ago

ablack-jpl commented 4 years ago

I realize that there isn't a Mac install section, so this probably isn't officially supported. But it would be nice, and given the small dependency list it doesn't seem like a stretch to add it. Initial attempts to just use it out of the box ran into this error:

x11docker: line 8394: exec: {FDstderr}: not found

Suggests a change to how FDstderr is assigned is all that it would really take. I'm just not sure on how exec is making that assignment and don't have a replacement suggestion.

mviereck commented 4 years ago

There are no plans to add macOS support. Another related ticket is #239.

The main issue is to keep compatibility across several systems, and commands on macOS differ in several details. A separate fork that breaks compatibility is likely not too hard. But I would not maintain that myself.

Suggests a change to how FDstderr is assigned

On Linux exec {FDstderr}>&2 automatically assigns a free file descriptor and stores it in $FDstderr. Though, this is just the first error, many others will follow up.

ablack-jpl commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply.

Didn't see that issue in my search, sorry to have opened a new one :-(.