LaTeXiT: update to 2.6.1, cannot rebuild current version

[dstrubbe (David Strubbe)]

I tried to create a Portfile for updating LaTeXiT to 2.6.1 from 2.5.0. I updated the version and checksums, added a livecheck, and fixed a spelling matter. However, the port does not build, and gives a large number of errors like

info:build error: garbage collection is no longer supported

I am not sure what the next step is to fix this. I checked that if I try to rebuild my currently installed 2.5.0 it also fails in the same way, so I believe the issue is not the newer version of LaTeXiT but rather an intervening update to XCode. I currently have version 5.1.1 on OSX 10.8.5. I have attached a patch to update the Portfile, as well as main.log from the update to 2.6.1 and from trying to rebuild as is at 2.5.0.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

info:build error: garbage collection is no longer supported

You could try only allowing LaTeXiT to be built on the versions of OS X where garbage collection is still supported...

[dstrubbe (David Strubbe)]

Which are those versions?

Anyway, my machine evidently doesn't fall into that category. As you might imagine, that is where I am most interested in figuring out how to make it build.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

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[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

You should contact the developers of LaTeXiT and advise them to rewrite their code to no longer use OS X's garbage collection. The replacement feature is called automatic reference counting, however IIRC that will require compiling on OS X 10.7 or newer, with a possibility that the compiled program could still be used on 10.6.

[dstrubbe (David Strubbe)]

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[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

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[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

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[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

The bad news: In the meantime LaTeXiT is at version 2.7.3…

The good news: I've been able to build version 2.7.3 under Mavericks! I have not tested my patches on other versions of the OS, but this is likely to work for 10.7 through 10.10.

Patches for the Portfile, project.pbxproj and NSDataExtended.m are attached.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

The above patches did not work with OS 10.10/Yosemite.

I've added a new patch (patch-MyImageView.m.diff) and replaced patch-LaTeXiT.xcodeproj-project.pbxproj.orig.diff with patch-LaTeXiT.xcodeproj-project.pbxproj.diff.

[leander.claes@…]

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[anddam (Andrea D'Amore)]

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Any movement on submitting this? The current LaTeXiT port won't build on Yosemite and this would both update the port and solve the problem on all platforms rather neatly, wouldn't it?

[anddam (Andrea D'Amore)]

Replying to crossd@…:

Any movement on submitting this? The current LaTeXiT port won't build on Yosemite and this would both update the port and solve the problem on all platforms rather neatly, wouldn't it?

The latest patched port builds and the resulting application correctly typesets but it doesn't update its window, i.e. it remains blank after running "LaTeX it!" even if you can actually drag the output from the window itself.

Can you confirm the updated port works fine on your system?

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Unfortunately, I can confirm the rendering issue under Yosemite.

Interestingly, the when I copy the Mavericks build, built using Xcode 6.1 onto my Yosemite machine, it works correctly…

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Added an update, as LaTeXiT 2.7.4 has been released. This does NOT fix the Yosemite rendering issue.

[anddam (Andrea D'Amore)]

Replying to mschamschula@…:

Added an update, as LaTeXiT 2.7.4 has been released. This does NOT fix the Yosemite rendering issue.

The issue is most likely caused by the patching needed to build source using ARC, did you try getting in touch with Pierre Chatelier?

[ansgar@…]

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[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Has duplicate #47259.

[bernstei]

LaTexit 2.7.5, which I just downloaded from ​http://www.chachatelier.fr/latexit/latexit-downloads.php?lang=en, renders fine on my Yosemite 10.10 machine. Perhaps someone could try to build it under MacPorts, and if it works, update the port? I'm afraid I'm too unfamiliar with the internals of the port system to make progress on this myself.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Replying to noam.bernstein@…:

LaTexit 2.7.5, which I just downloaded from ​http://www.chachatelier.fr/latexit/latexit-downloads.php?lang=en, renders fine on my Yosemite 10.10 machine. Perhaps someone could try to build it under MacPorts, and if it works, update the port? I'm afraid I'm too unfamiliar with the internals of the port system to make progress on this myself.

As does LaTeXiT built under Mavericks, when copied to Yosemite. LaTeXiT has not been updated to use ARC, hence LaTeXiT builds under Yosemite, but does not produce output. See comment #17.

I just checked, and this is still the case for version 2.7.5.

[jowens@…]

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[manuSrep (Manuel Tuschen)]

Maybe someone could try it again with Version 2.8.0 (7th september 2015) ??

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

I already have. The same issue still applies. LaTeXiT still uses garbage collection, which has been deprecated for OS X 10.7 and newer.

[stewartboogert]

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[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Working on it...

[EJFielding (Eric Fielding)]

Upstream source is now at version 2.10.1 updated in March 2018. Downloading the compiled application from the source works on OS X 10.12.6, so that is an option while MacPorts version is not installing.