Re: cross development problem

FROM : Ed Wynne
DATE : Mon Jul 17 23:53:31 2006

On Jul 17, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Thomas Bauer wrote:

> I am developing a project (using 10.3 APIs exclusively).
> I have already been testing it thoroughly on intel macs and ppc 
> machines in 10.4. without any problems occuring.
> However - surprisingly - the application is completely unstable in 
> 10.3.
>
> To be able to create a universal binary I build against the 10.4u sdk.
> I have set the deployment target to 10.3.
> I have cleaned everything several times.
>
> Here are some examples concerning the instabilities:
> The application for instance uses the DRFrameworks "DRErase".
> In 10.3.9 the program always crashes after the erase has finished 
> producing a crash report complaining somewhere in core-foundation.
> It also crashes sometimes after a successfull burn - same kind of 
> crash report.
> A class using carbon functions does not work at all, I have not 
> looked into the reasons in detail.
> I have tried a clean installed 10.3.9 and another machine, so the 
> 10.3 is ok.
>
> All this gives me the impression that something must be wrong with 
> my compiler settings
> but besides the settings I mentioned above I do not know of 
> anything else to keep in mind.
>
> Can anyone please give me a hint or a recommendation how to proceed?


Sounds like you have a memory corruption problem. DR is especially 
sensitive to its objects being over-released at the end of burn / 
erase cycles when it cleans up and does its own internal house 
keeping chores.

-Ed