Mac Builds

[sphinxc0re]

That would be awesome although the development would be getting much more difficult than before, wouldn't it?

[xoft]

Why would it? We already write code that works on both Windows and Linux, and it worked on Mac a few months back; there should be very little or no problems at all adding the builds.

[sphinxc0re]

But aren't the architectures of Mac OS and Linux a little different?

[xoft]

Not as much as Linux vs Windows.

[sphinxc0re]

Okay. But are you sure that you are able to run this service for ever?

[xoft]

Even worse, my company is rather paranoid about access to its networks - imagine the bad press if source code to a virus scanner leaked - so I don't think I will be able to even start it there.

So it got me thinking if it was possible to install OS X under a VirtualBox - I could keep an instance running on my home server. It seems that this is possible, but it means a lot of hackery; my initial attempt has failed; perhaps someone else might be more successful.

[sphinxc0re]

Here is a tutorial for setting up a OS X based vagrant box:
http://grahamgilbert.com/blog/2013/08/23...th-packer/

[FakeTruth]

I installed this one on my PC for development:
http://www.macbreaker.com/2014/01/instal...iresh.html

[xoft]

I tried installing Niresh into virtualbox, but it wouldn't get past the initial text-mode boot menu. Also, I'm not too happy about using a pirated OS, those are quite likely to have malware in them.

[DiamondToaster]

I used to have a fully working Mac OSX 10.9 Virtualbox instance, but I wiped my drive a few days ago and put Ubuntu on it.