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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

These aren't just benign asserts, the actual function (copy version to
clipboard) doesn't work for me.
I tried on release build, and the function still doesn't work (shows a
popup error: "Failed to create the clipboard").
I will dig in a bit more if I have time.

-Jon

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:52 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 06/09/2017 à 19:29, Bernhard Stegmaier a écrit :
> > I didn’t see any issues with release builds - I did use it a couple of
> times the last days.
> > On all of my machines, also on 10.12.
> >
> > Maybe this assertion is only active in debug builds (didn’t try a debug
> build for some while)?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bernhard
> >
>
> This is an explanation.
>
> Be careful with assert messages in debug mode.
> Many (even inside Kicad) are something like sentinels.
>
> For instance, on Linux, GTK generates a lot of useless asserts with a lot
> of applications
> (noticeable when running this application from a console).
>
> They are not necessary a very annoying problem, but perhaps just need a
> (minor) fix, but not
> necessary inside Kicad.
>
> Of course, if they happen just before a crash, this is an other story.
>
>
> >> On 6. Sep 2017, at 18:35, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
> jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >> +I added this issue as LP: 1715440
> >>
> >> One more Mac OS issue that I'm curious if others see on 10.12:  "Copy
> Version Info" from the About
> >> dialog doesn't work, and results in the following debug assertions:
> >>
> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65): assert "m_pasteboard" failed in
> Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
> >> Collecting stack trace information, please wait...2017-09-06
> 12:23:12.297 gerbview[62445:23182459]
> >> Spell server connection invalidated
> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65): assert "m_pasteboard" failed in
> Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
> >> Collecting stack trace information, please wait...../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(121):
> assert
> >> "(syncFlags&kPasteboardClientIsOwner)" failed in AddData(): client
> couldn't own clipboard
> >> Collecting stack trace information, please wait...../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65):
> assert
> >> "m_pasteboard" failed in Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(121): assert "(syncFlags&kPasteboardClientIsOwner)"
> failed in
> >> AddData(): client couldn't own clipboard
> >>
> >> -Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <
> stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Hi,
> >>
> >>     (1) You can’t run standalone applications (won’t find libraries),
> but you can run project
> >>     manager directly from build directory.
> >>     Like this from console (for me):
> >>     <<<
> >>     HackMini:build bstegmaier$ kicad/kicad.app/Contents/MacOS/kicad
> >>     >>>
> >>     Or just start it via Finder from build/kicad…
> >>
> >>     (2) Yes, just tried and I also don’t see it (if I tried correctly).
> >>
> >>
> >>     Regards,
> >>     Bernhard
> >>
> >>
> >>>     On 5. Sep 2017, at 23:24, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
> jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Hi Mac developers:
> >>>
> >>>     1) is there an easy way to quickly rebuild a single app and run
> it?  I'm used to being able
> >>>     to do that on Linux, but it seems like I can't run apps out of the
> build directory on Mac
> >>>     (have to run "make install" which repackages all applications and
> is slow).
> >>>
> >>>     2) It seems like BRIGHT_BOX doesn't display on Mac (OpenGL and
> Cairo) on my machine (i.e. the
> >>>     green box around an item when the selection disambiguation menu is
> shown) -- does anyone else
> >>>     have this issue?
> >>>
> >>>     Thanks,
> >>>     -Jon
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