FlexNet Publisher 11.19.6 2024 R1 is Qualified on macOS 15

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Summary

FlexNet Publisher (FNP) 11.19.6.0 has been validated on macOS Sequoia with the latest Xcode through ATS and sanity executions.

The kit can be built by simply updating MAX_MAC_SUPPORTED_VERSION=24 in the makefile and makefile.act files. There are some known warnings with ld and ranlib for certain files during the build process, but these can be safely ignored. Overall, the results confirm the qualification of FNP 11.19.6.0 on macOS 15.

Steps to Build the Kit

To build the kit:

1. Extract the kit and update the lmcode.h file with the vendor keys, seeds, and TRL values.
2. Open the makefile (for the license file) or makefile.act (for trusted storage) and update the MAX_MAC_SUPPORTED_VERSION from 23 to 24.

Example Warnings

A few warnings related to ld and ranlib may appear during the build, but these can be ignored. Example warnings are:

ld: warning: no platform load command found in '<path>/libcrvs.a[x86_64][2](ec163a02.o)', assuming: macOS
ld: warning: no platform load command found in '<path>/libcrvs.a[x86_64][3](ec239a03.o)', assuming: macOS
ld: warning: no platform load command found in '<path>/libcrvs.a[x86_64][5](sect113r1.o)', assuming: macOS
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clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-stdlib=libc++' [-Wunused-command-line-argument] lipo -create -o lmcode.o lmcode_x86_64.o lmcode_arm64.o rm lmcode_x86_64.o lmcode_arm64.o