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Repository for Beta Testing of 2024 Software
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Change in folders on Mac #3

Closed tomjwinter closed 11 months ago

tomjwinter commented 11 months ago

I just installed the software on a MacBook Pro (OSX Sonoma 14.0) In past years, wpilib installed into the /Users/_Username_/wpilib/_YEAR_ folder. This year, the beta version installed into the /Users/_Username_/Documents/wpilib/2024 folder. Not sure if that was intentional or not. However, the log files went into /Users/_Username_/wplib/2024/logs folder. Again, not sure if that was intentional or not. I did not see it listed in the 2024 changes.

sciencewhiz commented 11 months ago

There wasn't anything intentional that changed the directory. It could be that the upgrade to .net 8 changed the value of Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal, or it could be that macOS 14 changed it. https://github.com/wpilibsuite/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/blame/588ea0885b755292903d68bd6942d277d170113d/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/ViewModels/StartPageViewModel.cs#L376

I'm assuming that you had macOS 13 installed when you installed the 2023 version. One test that would be helpful would be to install the 2023.4.3 release on macOS 14 and see where that is put. If it's in /Users/_Username_/Documents/wpilib/2024 that would indicate the change is in behavior is macOS 14 and if it's in /Users/_Username_/wpilib/_YEAR_ that would indicate that change is in .Net 8.

sciencewhiz commented 11 months ago

Looks like that was a change in .Net 8. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/core-libraries/8.0/getfolderpath-unix

tomjwinter commented 11 months ago

Yes, it looks like that is the issue. I tried to test out the fix, but can't get the installer to build on my mac, so I will wait for the next version build to try it out.

sciencewhiz commented 11 months ago

You can try the CI build here: https://github.com/wpilibsuite/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/actions/runs/6520547874?pr=352