Re: gambas very simple updater

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 07/04/24 14:49, Gianluigi ha scritto:
> Il 07/04/24 08:26, Christof Thalhofer ha scritto:
> > > It's always been a problem for me as it means I am now making
> > > software that so many people will never use it because updating
> > > gambas is beyond them.  (I try to stay compatible down to 3.17 but
> > > it's a pain doing that)
> > >
> > > I think the IDE needs a working built-in online updater.
> > >
> > > So upgrading gambas is as simple as updating the help , click a
> > > button, wait a while.....
> >
> > No ... please ... no!!!!
> > If you want to ship the bleeding edge Gambas with your newest fancy
> > program there are other possibilities ...
>
> Hi,
>
> I believe that in these cases (software created with the latest
> 'Stable') the solution is AppImage.
> AppImage (https://appimage.org/) has the approval of Linus Torvalds and
> is simple to create, just have an old version of Ubuntu or Mint, 18.04
> and 20.04 seems the best.
> The only problem is security, I've been trying to run a test software
> recreated with the latest 'Stable' for a few days, inside a Firejail
> sandbox with a customized profile, but without success, obviously the
> appimage without the sandbox it works.
> Has anyone more experienced than me managed to do this?
> Probably the error is due to the fact that I try to create a profile in
> a virgin OS (without Gambas installed) :-\
> I attach a text file with the simplest test I did, obviously I did many
> other tests, but the result is always the same: the appimage created
> with Gambas only works outside the sandbox. :-(
>
> Regards
> Gianluigi

EDIT: The attachment input is wrong. The AppImage is created in Ubuntu
Focal and the testing was done in Linux Mint 21.

Sorry