* bug#51571: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs for the first time
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As requested at
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-11/msg00152.html,
the attached patch documents a problem that may happen when Emacs is
opened on macOS for the first time.
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From 4b5c1a8d6922a601238db3d7bd4b1397fae4a395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Mart=C3=ADn?= <mardani29@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:45:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs
* etc/PROBLEMS: Document a potential error message when opening Emacs
on macOS for the first time.
---
etc/PROBLEMS | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index daff102a0d..c1c5d80d3b 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -2749,6 +2749,21 @@ If you do, please send it to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so we can list it here.
* Runtime problems specific to macOS
+** Error "Emacs can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software".
+
+Apple may incorrectly catalog Emacs as potentially malicious software
+and show an error that resembles the following when you try to open
+Emacs for the first time:
+
+ "Emacs" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious
+ software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer
+ for more information.
+
+To avoid this alert, open Finder, go to Applications, control-click
+the Emacs app icon, and then choose Open. This adds a security
+exception for Emacs and from now on you should be able to open it by
+double-clicking on its icon, like any other app.
+
** macOS doesn't come with libxpm, so only XPM3 is supported.
Libxpm is available for macOS as part of the XQuartz project.
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2.31.0
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* bug#51571: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs for the first time
2021-11-02 18:53 ` bug#51571: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs for the first time Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2021-11-03 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-11-03 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel Martín; +Cc: 51571
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:53:20 +0100
> From: Daniel Martín via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> As requested at
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-11/msg00152.html,
> the attached patch documents a problem that may happen when Emacs is
> opened on macOS for the first time.
Thanks, installed on the emacs-28 branch.
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