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exec format error on macOS #119507 07/29/21 05:35 PM
Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg Carbon OP Senior Member
OP Carbon Senior Member Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg	I've experienced this error since a few months but was afraid to ask because of the backlash I got (deservedly) last time I had a problem compiling MAME and just hoped the error would eventually go away an update. Here's what I'm doing: after downloading and unzipping the source (I do not touch the source tree in any way), I proceed to compilation (normally I'm using make -j8 TOOLS=1). Everything wents fine (besides a lot of warnings during compilation) and after a while I'm presented with an executable. If I launch said executable, I'm getting the following error: Code >zsh: exec format error: /Applications/Emulation/MAME/MAME Saving session... ...copying shared history... ...saving history...truncating history files... ...completed. Deleting expired sessions...none found. This only happens on my iMac Pro, on my M1 Mac mini the produced executable works just fine. I'm using the latest Xcode version 12.5.1. Last edited by Carbon; 07/29/21 05:36 PM.

Re: exec format error on macOS Carbon #119508 07/29/21 05:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,215 Likes: 234 USA R R. Belmont Very Senior Member
R. Belmont Very Senior Member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,215 Likes: 234 USA	That error means the shell doesn't recognize the file you're trying to launch. What does "file /whatever/mame" say?

Re: exec format error on macOS Carbon #119615 08/27/21 08:15 AM
Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg Carbon OP Senior Member
OP Carbon Senior Member Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg	I tried it again with 0.235: output of file command is "data".

Re: exec format error on macOS Carbon #119624 08/28/21 06:42 PM
Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg Carbon OP Senior Member
OP Carbon Senior Member Joined: May 1999 Posts: 616 Likes: 1 Luxembourg	OK, found the cause: if I compile on an external drive, the resulting file is not executable. Compiling on the internal drive results in a perfectly fine running MAME. Is this something that is expected on macOS (11.5.2)?

Re: exec format error on macOS Carbon #119625 08/28/21 06:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,215 Likes: 234 USA R R. Belmont Very Senior Member
R. Belmont Very Senior Member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,215 Likes: 234 USA	I haven't specifically heard of that, but I also wouldn't be surprised if that's a newer macOS security thing. Glad you found the cause at least

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