Re: Lua source does not build for iOS since recent XCode Update

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 2017-09-25 03:58 PM, Eric Wing wrote:
> On 9/25/17, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> > A quick fix is to add this to luaconf.h:
> >
> > #define system(s) ((s)==NULL ? 0 : -1)
> >
> > If someone knows the correct defines that identify iOS then this should be
> > something like:
> >
> > #if defined(__IOS__)
> > #define system(s) ((s)==NULL ? 0 : -1)
> > #endif
>
> iOS has never actually allowed system() or any external process
> creation. (Apple's own NSTask was always absent from the SDK.) Up
> until now, system() could be linked, but nobody ever dared called it.
> Many companies would already remove it to completely avoid the
> possibility of Apple rejecting their apps.
>
> And in fact, Android is pretty much the same way. Their engineers say,
> "Don't ever do that." The Android process and life-cycle model is
> completely alien to this model.

sudo make me a mobile operating system where each app is a whole docker 
container with even separate ipv6 addresses per app

> I recommend that both be disabled in luaconf.h by default. I believe
> this is the incantation we need:
>
>
> #if defined(__APPLE__)
>      #include "TargetConditionals.h"
>      #if TARGET_OS_IOS || TARGET_OS_WATCH || TARGET_OS_TV
>          #define system(s) ((s)==NULL ? 0 : -1)
>      #endif // end iOS
> #elif defined(__ANDROID__)
>      #define system(s) ((s)==NULL ? 0 : -1)
>
> #endif
>
>
>
> -Eric

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